Terms & Properties

Preferred Name:  Lithium

Definition:  An element with atomic symbol Li, atomic number 3, and atomic weight 6.941.

NCI-GLOSS Definition:  A soft metal. Lithium salts are used to treat certain mental disorders, especially bipolar (manic depressive) disorder. Lithium salts include lithium carbonate and lithium citrate.

Label:  Lithium

NCI Thesaurus Code:  C95186 (Search for linked caDSR metadata)   (search value sets)

NCI Metathesaurus Link:  C0023870  (see NCI Metathesaurus info)

Synonyms & Abbreviations: (see Synonym Details)

Li

LITHIUM

lithium

Lithium

Lithium Metallicum

External Source Codes: 

CAS Registry Number	7439-93-2 (see NLM ChemIDplus info)
FDA UNII Code	9FN79X2M3F
ChEBI ID	CHEBI:30145 (see ChEBI info)
UMLS CUI	C0023870

Other Properties:

Name	Value (qualifiers indented underneath)
Chemical_Formula	Li
code	C95186
Contributing_Source	FDA
Semantic_Type	Element, Ion, or Isotope

Additional Concept Data: 

Defined Fully by Roles: No

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