Lithology

[li'θɒlәdʒi]

Definition

(n.) The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.

(n.) A treatise on stones found in the body.

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Definition

n. the science that treats of rocks as mineral masses: that part of medical science concerned with the calculi found in the human body.—adjs. Litholog′ic -al.—n. Lithol′ogist one skilled in lithology.

Inputed by Brice