lith-pref.(前缀)- Variant of litho-
litho-的变体
1 variant of litho- before a vowel:
lithic.
Related Words
- litharge
- lithification
- lithops
- lithuresis
- lithuria
- lithemia
lith-a combining form meaning 'stone', as in lithoid.
Also, litho-. [Greek lithos]
lith-combining formor litho- ETYMOLOGY Latin, from Greek, from lithos
: stone
lithology ☞ lith
lith-
combining form
or litho-
Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from lithos
1. : stone
< lithanthrax >
< lithophyte >
< lithograph >
2. : calculus
< lithosis >
< lithology >
3. [New Latin lithium] : lithium
< lithic >
: lithic
< lithemia >
lith-
(Received Pronunciation) enPR: lĭth, IPA: /lɪθ/Homophones: -lith, lithPrefix
- stone
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek λῐ́θος (líthos, “stone”).
Usage notes
When combined with a word or another affix which begins with a consonant, this prefix concatenates with -o- (as litho-).Derived terms
lithagogue (pathology)lithanode (electronics)lithectasy (surgery)lithectomy (surgery)lithify →lithifactionlithificationlithifiedlithobiblion (geology)lithobiotic →lithobiotismlithocarplithochromatic →lithochromiclithochromatography →lithochromatographiclithochromelithochromylithochrysographylithoclast (surgery, otherwise obsolete) →lithoclasticlithoclastylithocol, lithocollalithocorallinelithocyst (zoölogy and botany)lithocystotomy (surgery)lithodialysis (surgery) →lithodialyticlithofacies (geology)lithofellic, lithofellinic (chemistry)lithofracteurlithofractorlithogenesis, lithogenesylithogenouslithogeny (pathology and geology)lithoglyph →lithoglypher (obsolete)lithoglyphitelithograph →litholithographedlithographerlitholabe, litholabon (surgery)litholapaxy (surgery)litholatry →litholatrouslitholeinelithologer (obsolete, rare)litholysis (surgery)litholytelitholyticlithomancylithometerlithomyl →lithomylylithonephritis (pathology)lithonephrotomy (surgery)lithopædion, lithopædiumlithophagouslithophaguslithophane →lithophaniclithophanylithophil(e), lithophilic (geology and chemistry)lithophilouslithophone (surgery)lithophosphor →lithophosphoriclithophotographylithophthisis (pathology)lithophyll (palæontology)lithophysa, lithophyselithophyte (zoölogy and botany) →lithophyticlithophytouslithoponelithoscope (surgery)lithoscopist (obsolete)lithosere (ecology)lithosol (pedology)lithospermous (botany)lithosphere →lithosphericlithostatic (geology)lithostratigraphy (geology) →lithostratigraphiclithostratigraphicallithotheologylithotint →lithotintedlithotripsy, lithotripsis (surgery and medicine) →lithotriptist (rare)lithotroph (biology)lithotrophiclithotrophylithotype →lithotypy →lithotypelithotypiclithoxyloidical (obsolete)lithoxylon, lithoxyl(e) (mineralogy) →lithoxylitelithuresis, lithuria (pathology)lithurorrhœa Related terms
lithæmia (pathology) →lithæmiclithanthrax (obsolete)litharge →litharge-furnacelitharge of bismuth (obsolete)litharge of gold (obsolete)litharge of lead (obsolete)litharge of silver (obsolete)litharge-plasterlitharge-waylithic →lithate, lithiate (chemistry) →lithaticlithiated (obsolete)lithic acid (chemistry and pathology, obsolete)lithic agelithia (pathology)lithiasis (pathology)lithion (chemistry, obsolete) →lithia (chemistry) →lithia-emeraldlithia-micalithia saltlithia-tourmalinelithia waterlithium (chemistry) →lithian (mineralogy)lithiatedlithic (chemistry) →lithic paintlithiophilite (mineralogy)lithina (chemistry, obsolete)lithionite (mineralogy, obsolete)lithiophorite (mineralogy)lithistid →lithistidanlithodipyralithodomus, lithodome (zoölogy) →lithodomizelithodomous (zoölogy)lithoglyphiclithography →lith →lith filmlithographic →lithographical →lithographicallylithographic limestonelithographic offsetlithographic paperlithographic slatelithographic stonelithographic varnishlithographize (obsolete)lithoprint →lithoprintinglithoid →lithoidallithology →lithologiclithological →lithologicallylithologistlithomarge, lithomarga (geology)lithonthryptic (medicine)lithontriptor (surgery)lithophytonlithopslithosiidlithospermon, lithospermum, lithospermlithothamnion →lithothamniclithotomelithotomic →lithotomicallithotomy →lithotomistlithotomize →lithotomizedlithotomy position (obstetrics)lithotripter (medicine)lithotritor, lithotriteur (surgery) →lithotrity →lithotrite (surgery)lithotriticlithotritistlithotritize Synonyms
lapid- (Latinate prefix)-lite (quasi-Grecian suffix)-lith (Grecian suffix)pess- (Grecian prefix)petr- (Grecian prefix)plinth- (Grecian prefix)pseph- (Grecian prefix)ruder- (Latinate prefix; = “stone fragments”)rup- (Latinate prefix)sax- (Latinate prefix) References
“litho-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]