cadmium
playSimple Definition of cadmium
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: a bluish-white metal that is used especially in protective coatings and in batteries
Full Definition of cadmium
: a bluish-white malleable ductile toxic divalent metallic element used especially in batteries, pigments, and protective platings — see element table
Origin and Etymology of cadmium
New Latin, from Latin cadmia zinc oxide, from Greek kadmeia, literally, Theban (earth), from feminine of kadmeios Theban, from Kadmos; from the occurrence of its ores together with zinc oxide
First Known Use: 1822
Medical Dictionary
cadmium
playMedical Definition of cadmium
: a bluish white malleable ductile toxic bivalent metallic element used especially in protective platings and in bearing metals—symbol Cd; see element table
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