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Phosphor (medicine)


phosphor


A chemical substance that transforms incident electromagnetic or radioactive energy into light, as in scintillation radioactivity determinations or radiographic intensifying screens or image amplifiers.

Origin: G. Phos, light, + phoros, bearing


barmy (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: barm 'froth that forms on beer when it is being made']
slightly crazy
::That's a barmy idea.