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Noun: promethium  pru'mee-thee-um
  1. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium
    - Pm, atomic number 61

Derived forms: promethiums

Type of: metal, metallic element

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