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bohr·ium (bôr′ē əm)

noun

a radioactive chemical element with a very short half-life: a transactinide produced by bombarding bismuth with high-energy nuclear particles: symbol, Bh; at. no., 107

Etymology: ModL, after Niels Niels (Henrik David) Bohr + -ium

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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