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Definition of: polonium
(pə·lō′nē·əm) noun
An intensely radioactive metallic element (symbol Po, atomic number 84) occurring in traces in uranium ores and produced synthetically by neutron bombardment of bismuth and other metals. See PERIODIC TABLE. [<NL <Med. L Polonia, Poland]
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