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Word entry · 8 letters

selenium

Best crossword clue

"Atomic number 34"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /sɪˈliːni.əm/Part of speech nounSorted eeilmnsuStarts with SEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2E3L4E5N6I7U8M

Definitions

  1. A chemical element with symbol Se, used in electronics and nutrition.

Word origin

From French sélénium, the name coined by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1818 from Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) in reference to original confusion with the similar element tellurium.

Used in a sentence

  • Pluck almost any cell from your body and it will have a million or more selenium atoms in it.

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01Atomic number 348 letters

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