lithia

(lit̸hē ə)

noun

lithium oxide, LiO, a white, crystalline compound

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

See lithia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: New Latin

Origin: , from lithion

Origin: , from Greek

Origin: , diminutive of lithos, stone

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