Path. [mod.L., f. Gr. λίθ-ος stone + αἶμ-α blood.] The condition in which lithic or uric acid is in excess in the blood; formerly called uricæmia.
1874. C. Murchison, Functional Derangem. Liver, ii. 65. This morbid state of the blood I propose to designate Lithæmia.
1884. F. J. Nott, in Harper’s Mag., Aug., 442/2. These waters are … efficacious in. lithæmia.
Hence Lithæmic a., of or pertaining to lithæmia; affected with lithæmia.
1889. Syd. Soc. Lex., Lithæmic insomnia.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., IV. 10. These also are frequently found in lithæmic persons. Ibid., 750. The so-called ‘lithæmic diathesis’ is a … frequent cause of throat disease.
