lithium carbonate

noun

Definition of LITHIUM CARBONATE

: a crystalline salt Li₂CO₃ used in the glass and ceramic industries and in medicine especially in the treatment of bipolar disorder

1869

Medical Dictionary

noun

: a crystalline salt Li₂CO₃ used in the glass and ceramic industries and in medicine in the treatment of mania and hypomania in bipolar disorder

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