lithium
lithium
Definition
lith·i·um (lit̸h′ē əm)
noun
- a soft, silver-white, metallic chemical element, one of the alkali metals and the lightest known metal: used in thermonuclear explosives, in metallurgy, etc.: symbol, Li; at. no., 3
- Informal any of various antidepressants containing lithium, esp. lithium carbonate
Etymology: ModL: name coined (1818) by Baron Jöns Jakob Berzelius for element discovered (1817) by his student A. Arfwedson (1792-1841), Swed chemist < lithia + -ium
lithium
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- take: No, I do not want to take Lithium, thank you.
- use: Using lithium in its natural form only, it is free of side effects.
- contain: The lithium-ion battery contains no metallic lithium, which would be extremely reactive with almost anything.
- include: Certain medications including lithium, anticonvulsants, antidepressants and beta-blockers have also been incriminated as potential triggers.
- induce: A number of different kinds of seizure like EEG activity have been reported in patients with lithium induced encephalopathy.
- have: Helium is next with two protons, and with three protons we have lithium, and so on.
Noun used with modifier
- serum: Dosage should then be adjusted to achieve a serum lithium level of 0.8 to a maximum of 1.5 mmol/l.
- volt: Battery Uses a 3.0 volt lithium battery, but can be replaced with a 3.6 volt.
- V: A small 3 V lithium cell can easily provide this for a decade.
- life: There is an 8 memory reading recall, room temperature display and a long life lithium battery included.
- drug: I hope he will take the often deadening drug lithium in for especially close questioning.
Adjective modifier
- metallic: Metallic lithium will be produced during the first charging inside the battery.
Modifies a noun
- toxicity: Acute renal failure has been reported rarely with lithium toxicity.
- neurotoxicity: Further formal study of stress effects on lithium neurotoxicity is needed in a variety of standard stress induction paradigms.
- battery: Lithium battery packs are supplied with a 60 day warranty.
- niobate: The tester places a crystal of lithium niobate over the feature whose voltage is to be monitored.
- ion: I must admit the battery ran down on me more quickly than I am used with a lithium ion battery.
- hydride: Lithium aluminum hydride dust can even catch fire on a damp day.
Preposition: in
- ammonia: The phase diagram for lithium in ammonia is shown opposite.
- methylamine: PDF Structure of Solutions of lithium in methylamine across the metal-nonmetal transition.
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