lithic

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Lithic clasts are rock fragments, as opposed to mineral fragments.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Lithic, lith′ik, adj. pertaining to, or obtained from, stone, specially from urinary calculi.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Lithic acid, as has been before stated, exists in a state of combination in healthy urine; and in such a proportion, as to be held in a state of solution at all ordinary temperatures.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

To this concrete acid, which Mr de Morveau calls Lithiasic Acid, we give the name of Lithic Acid, the nature and properties of which are hitherto very little known.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine