radium
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈreɪdiəm/
- Specialized
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radio
- Washington evaluated a number of options for improving water quality and removing radium from the water.
- radium and polonium
- uranium and radium
It's like decay, the half life of radium.
- It's like decay, the half life of radium.
- She's she's studying a substance called pitch blend and isolating out of it radium.
- Army radium disks, and other items with radium.
- And they, they would, you know, there would be dance performances where the dancers were dressed in radium clothing that glowed in the dark.
- But like a bunch of radium clocks, like I have a tea set.
- I have recently figured out that if you put a few drops of radium in it in the Rose toy, it gives it a special tingle.
Examples
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"I had skin cancers all over this arm, but the radium in these waters cleared them right up."
Fiction book (1993) -
The radiation from radium revealed a previously unknown source of energy, now called radioactivity.
Academic text (2001) -
Even then, radium was recognized as a dangerous carcinogen.
Academic text (2003) -
The most extraordinary aspect of this new discovery was that radium emitted heat without cooling down to the temperature of its surroundings.
Academic text (2001) -
The chief health concern from radium ingestion is bone cancer based on studies of radium dial painters (25).
Academic text (1994) -
Radium treatments were reported in 1927 by Andren to provide good cosmetic and functional results.
Academic text (1998) -
Among the treatments for nasal tuberculosis that have been used are surgical excision, diathermy, cautery, and radium.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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A symbol for the metal radium that is very radioactive
A radioactive metal called radium that appears in small amounts in uranium ores
Compounds
- Archaic
A medical treatment using radium to treat cancer that was used in the past
Surface Forms
Etymology
Radium comes from the Latin radius, which means 'ray' or 'beam'. Marie Curie named it because the metal gives off invisible rays of energy, which is why we use the word radiation for its power and why radium was both useful and dangerous.