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iridosmine

(ir′i däz′min, ī′ri-; -däs′-; -mēn)

noun

a native alloy of iridium and osmium containing small amounts of other metals of the platinum group: it crystallizes in the hexagonal system

also iridosmium

Origin: < iridium + osmium

See iridosmine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

See osmiridium.

Origin:

Origin: irid(o)-

Origin: + osm(ium)

Origin: + -ine²

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