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Definition of: ionium
(ī·ō′nē·əm) noun Physics
The immediate precursor of radium in the radioactive disintegration of uranium: it is an isotope of thorium, of mass 230 and a half–life of about 80,000 years. [<ION + (URAN)IUM; from its ionizing action]
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