-lith

a combining form meaning “stone” (acrolith; megalith; paleolith); sometimes occurring in words as a variant form of -lite (batholith; laccolith).
Compare -lite.

Origin of -lith

see origin at litho-

Words nearby -lith

-like, -ling, -lings, -lipped, -lite, -lith, -lithic, -lived, -log, -logic, -logue

British Dictionary definitions for -lith

-lith

n combining form

indicating stone or rock megalith Compare -lite

Word Origin for -lith

from Greek lithos stone

Medical definitions for -lith

-lith

suff.

Mineral concretion; calculus:cystolith.