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tritium inventory(medicine)
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tritium (iou)



tritium noun. M20.
[from TRITO- + -IUM.]
Chemistry. A radioactive heavy isotope of hydrogen, with two neutrons and a proton in the nucleus, which occurs naturally in minute amounts and is produced artificially for use in fusion reactors, as an isotopic label, etc. (symbols 3H, T).
tritide noun a binary compound of tritium with a metal or radical M20.