-lith
a combining form meaning “stone” (acrolith; megalith; paleolith); sometimes occurring in words as a variant form of -lite (batholith; laccolith).
-lith
combining form
indicating stone or rock megalith compare -lite
word origin
-lith suff.
mineral concretion; calculus: cystolith.
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