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radium sulfate

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noun

Chemistry.

  1. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.

Etymology

Origin of radium sulfate

First recorded in 1970–75

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