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lithia definition

lith·ia (lit̸h′ē ə)

noun

lithium oxide, LiO, a white, crystalline compound

Etymology: ModL < earlier lithion < Gr litheion, neut. of litheois, stony < lithos, stone + -ia: so named in reference to its mineral orig.

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