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Definition of Lithium

1. Noun. A soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals.

Definition of Lithium

1. n. A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in several minerals, as petalite, spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., and otherwise widely disseminated, though in small quantities.

Definition of Lithium

1. Noun. The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (''symbol'' Li) with an atomic number of 3. ¹

2. Noun. (pharmaceutical drug uncountable) Lithium carbonate or other preparations of lithium metal used to treat manic depression and bipolar disorders. ¹

3. Noun. A lithium battery. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lithium

1. a metallic element [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lithium

1. The lightest alkali metal, although it has the largest hydrated cation. Important as an antidepressant and is thought to act by inhibiting the regeneration of inositol from IP3 and thus reducing the efficiency of the phosphatidyl inositol signalling pathways. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lithium

Literary usage of Lithium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1865)
"lithium very distinctly. A small piece taken from the cartilage of the ... The lens showed no lithium even when a considerable proportion of it was taken ..."

2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, John Cannell Cain, Carl Schorlemmer (1913)
"lithium is derived from Xt'#eo?, stony, as it was then believed to be an alkali ... Since that time, however, lithium has been shown to be very generally ..."

3. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"lithium urate is relatively soluble. By a misinterpretation of this chemical fact, ... The uses of lithium salts therefore have no rational foundation, ..."

4. American Druggist (1888)
"The Manufacture of lithium Salts for Medicinal or Technical Purposes. E rentable. Its most abundant source is the mineral ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1873)
"Value of lithium Salts in the Treatment of Renal Calculus, Gravel, and Gouty Deposits.—Dr. Garrod remarks that now thirteen years have elapsed since the ..."

6. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1881)
"Viewed through thin layers, the lithium colored flame appears now redder than the pure potassium flame ; viewed through somewhat thicker layers, ..."

7. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"(1660), ascribed to him in the catalogue of the Advocates* Library, Edinburgh» cannot, from internal evidence, be his. lithium [symbol Li, atomic weight ..."

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