lithiatic

lithiatic

English

Etymology

lithiasis +‎ -ic

Adjective

lithiatic (not comparable)

1. of or pertaining to lithiasis.
   • 1897, M. J. Nicholas, in The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly Journal Containing a Retrospective View of Every Discovery and Practical Improvement in the Medical Sciences, Volume 115, page 266:

     Observations of suppurating pancreatic angeitis with abscess of the pancreas of lithiatic origin are rather rare.

   • 2006, Pravin Chandra Trivedi, Medicinal Plants: Traditional Knowledge, I. K. International Pvt Ltd (→ISBN), page 58:

     G3 was reserved as lithiatic control and G4 was further treated orally with divided doses of extract of 60 mg/kg of body weight daily by gavages.

   • 2018, Massimo Sartelli, Matteo Bassetti, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Abdominal Sepsis: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Springer (→ISBN), page 69:

     Primary aetiology can be further subdivided into the more common lithiatic biliary obstruction or the less common non-lithiatic biliary obstruction.