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cadmium(dictionary)
Cadmium(health)
cadmium(dictionary)
cadmium radioisotopes(medicine)
cadmium poisoning(medicine)
cadmium compounds(medicine)
cadmium chloride(medicine)
cadmium translocating ATPase(medicine)

cadmium (iou)



cadmium noun. E19.
[from Latin cadmia (see CALAMINE) + -IUM.]
A bluish-white metallic chemical element, atomic no. 48, which occurs in small amounts in zinc ores and resembles zinc chemically. (Symbol Cd.)
Comb.: cadmium cell a voltaic cell with cadmium amalgam and mercury electrodes and saturated cadmium sulphate electrolyte, used as a standard of electromotive force; cadmium yellow an intense yellow pigment containing cadmium sulphide.
cad'miferous adjective yielding cadmium E19.