lithium

noun/ˈlɪθiəm/

Frequency rank: #7,142 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a soft, silver-white metallic element, also used as a medication to treat bipolar disorder.

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Example sentence

Doctors prescribed lithium to help stabilize her mood disorder.

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