litho-
Prefix meaning stone
Litho- is a combining form meaning stone or rock, from the Greek word for stone.
It appears in scientific and technical vocabulary: lithograph (printing from stone), lithosphere (Earth's rocky outer layer), monolith (single massive stone), lithium (element first found in mineral stone).
The prefix signals geological or mineral subject matter.
Shattering calculi with soundwaves
- lithotomySurgical removal of calculi
- kidneyBlood-filtering organ
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- calculusMathematical analysis system
gallstone · shockwave · ureter · bladder · renal · calcium · oxalate · fragmentation
Fin-de-siècle lithographer
- EscherDutch impossible-geometry artist
- crayonColored wax stick
- gumSticky plant secretion
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
Bavarian · edition · signed · numbered · original · limited · gallery · collectible
Compensate by opposing force
printmaking · chromolithograph · transfer · impression · edition · proof · registration · CMYK
Study of rock layers
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
- igniteStart burning something
- metamorphicUndergoing structural change
- bedrockSolid stone underground
crust · mantle · tectonic · petrology · mineralogy · formation · outcrop · strata
lithotripsy
Shattering calculi with soundwaves
calculus · gallstone · shockwave · ureter · bladder · renal · calcium · oxalate · fragmentation · dissolution
Toulouse-Lautrec
Fin-de-siècle lithographer
limestone · Bavarian · edition · signed · numbered · original · limited · gallery · collectible · fine-art
offset
Compensate by opposing force
ink · printmaking · chromolithograph · transfer · impression · edition · proof · registration · CMYK · commercial
stratigraphy
Study of rock layers
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
- igniteStart burning something
- metamorphicUndergoing structural change
bedrock · crust · mantle · tectonic · petrology · mineralogy · formation · outcrop · strata · sill
- lithium batteriesElectrochemical power cells using metallic element three
- lithium batteryPower cell using element 3
- lithium ion batteriesRechargeable electrochemical power storage
- lithium-ion batteryRechargeable cell using alkali metal
- lithium ionRechargeable electrochemical cell type
- lithium ion batteryRechargeable electrochemical power cell
lithe, lithic, lithium, lithograph, lithography, lithographic, lithosphere, monolith, monolithic