Lithiatic

Origin

en + -lithiasis + ic

Full definition of lithiatic

Adjective

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 (), 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 (), page 69:Primary aetiology can be further subdivided into the more common lithiatic biliary obstruction or the less common non-lithiatic biliary obstruction.