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☆ men·de·levi·um (men′də lē′vē əm)

noun

a radioactive, metallic chemical element, one of the actinides, produced by bombarding einsteinium with high-energy alpha particles in a cyclotron: symbol, Md; at. no., 101

Etymology: ModL: so named in honor of Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev by its discoverers, A. Ghiorso, B. G. Harvey, G. R. Choppin, S. G. Thompson, & G. T. Seaborg, U.S. physicists

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  1. ‹ Mendeleev's law
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  6. ‹ Mende
  7. ‹ mendacity
  8. ‹ mendacious
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  10. ‹ Mencken
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