lithologyn.
/lᵻˈθɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ləˈθɑlədʒi/ 1. That department of mineralogy which treats of the nature and composition of stones and rocks. Also, the lithological characters of rocks, etc.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > [noun] > petrology or petrography
petrography1651
lithography1708
lithology1716
petrology1811
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > composition of
lithology1870
1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 104 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Mr. Scheutzer..in his..De Querelis Piscium, seem's to have quite different Fancies of that subterraneous Ichthyologico-Lithology.
1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 82 A specific difference which it is the business of lithology to mark by some appropriate character, annexed to the generic name of granite.
1870 Athenæum 22 Jan. 127/3 Considering first the petrology and lithology of rock masses, Prof. Molloy divides the compounds of the earth's crust into..3 groups.
1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xvi. 287 In different districts the lithology of these groups will be found to vary.
1877 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (1879) Introd. 2 A knowledge of mineralogy and lithology is required to understand structural geology.
2. That department of medical science which is concerned with the study of calculi in the human body. Also, a treatise on calculi.
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the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > lithology
lithology1855
1802 R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (rev. ed.) Lithology, a discourse or treatise on stones.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Lithology,..2. A treatise on stones found in the body. Coxe.
1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Lithologia... Term for the consideration of the nature and different qualities of stones, or of calculi; lithology.
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 76.
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