Lithotomist
(Li*thot"o*mist) n. [Cf. F. lithotomiste.] One who performs the operation of cutting for
stone in the bladder, or one who is skilled in the operation.
Lithotomy
(Li*thot"o*my) n. [L. lithotomia, Gr. : cf. F. lithotomie.] (Surg.) The operation, art, or practice
of cutting for stone in the bladder.
Lithotripsy
(Lith"o*trip`sy) n. [Litho- + Gr. tri`bein to rub, grind: cf. F. lithotripsie.] (Surg.) The operation
of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity.
Lithotriptic
(Lith`o*trip"tic) a. & n. Same as Lithontriptic.
Lithotriptist
(Lith"o*trip`tist) n. One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.
Lithotriptor
(Lith"o*trip`tor) n. (Surg.) An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite.
Lithotrite
(Lith"o*trite Lith"o*tri"tor) [See Lithotrity.] (Surg.) A lithotriptor.
Lithotritist
(Li*thot"ri*tist) n. A lithotriptist.
Lithotrity
(Li*thot"ri*ty) n. [Litho- + L. terere, tritum, to rub, grind.] (Surg.) The operation of breaking
a stone in the bladder into small pieces capable of being voided.
Lithotype
(Lith"o*type) n. A kind of stereotype plate made by lithotypy; also, that which in printed from it.
See Lithotypy.
Lithotype
(Lith"o*type), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lithotyped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lithotyping ] To prepare for
printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy. See Lithotypy.
Lithotypic
(Lith`o*typ"ic) a. Of, pertaining to, or produced by, lithotypy.
Lithotypy
(Li*thot"y*py) n. [Litho- + -typy.] The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotype
plate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac
and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.
Lithoxyl
(Li*thox`yl) n. [Written also lithoxyle.] [Litho- + Gr. wood: cf. F. lithoxyle.] Petrified wood.
[Obs.]
Lithuanian
(Lith`u*a"ni*an) a. Of or pertaining to Lithuania (formerly a principality united with Poland,
but now Russian and Prussian territory).
Lithuanian
(Lith`u*a"ni*an), n. A native, or one of the people, of Lithuania; also, the language of the
Lithuanian people.
Lithy
(Lith"y) a. [See Lithe.] Easily bent; pliable.
Lithy tree (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnum Lantana); — so named from its tough and flexible stem.
Litigable
(Lit"i*ga*ble) a. Such as can be litigated.
Litigant
(Lit"i*gant) a. [L. litigans, -antis, p. pr. of litigare: cf. F. litigant. See Litigate.] Disposed to
litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant. Ayliffe.
Litigant
(Lit"i*gant), n. A person engaged in a lawsuit.
Litigate
(Lit"i*gate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Litigated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Litigating.] [See Litigation.] To
make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence,
and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause.
