GADOLINIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gadolinium mean? 

• GADOLINIUM (noun)
  The noun GADOLINIUM has 1 sense:

1. a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group

  Familiarity information: GADOLINIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GADOLINIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 64; gadolinium; Gd

Hypernyms ("gadolinium" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Holonyms ("gadolinium" is a substance of...):

gadolinite; ytterbite (a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium)

samarskite (a complex black mineral occurring in pegmatites)

 Context examples 

An MRI contrast agent, for example, might contain gadolinium attached to a targeting antibody.

(Imaging Contrast Agent, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A gadolinium chelate paramagnetic contrast agent.

(Gadoterate Meglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

Motexafin gadolinium is also used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to help find cancer cells in the body.

(Motexafin gadolinium, NCI Dictionary)

It occurs in patients with renal failure who had imaging studies performed using gadolinium.

(Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Motexafin gadolinium accumulates in tumor cells preferentially due to their increased rates of metabolism, generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) intracellularly and lowering the tumor cell apoptotic threshold to ionizing radiation and chemotherapy.

(Motexafin gadolinium, NCI Thesaurus)

Chelates of gadolinium are frequently utilized as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents and can be used to track nanoparticle-mediated drug delivery.

(Gadolinium-Chelate, NCI Thesaurus)

A gadolinium complex of diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid with ionic paramagnetic properties.

(Gadopentetate dimeglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

Gadolinium texaphyrin is also used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to help find cancer cells in the body.

(Gadolinium texaphyrin, NCI Dictionary)

Gadofosveset is a stable gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA) chelate derivative with a diphenylcyclohexylphosphate group.

(Gadofosveset, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers have been trying to improve cooling technology by replacing these gases with solid magnetic materials, such as gadolinium.

(Electronic solid could reduce carbon emissions in fridges and air conditioners, University of Cambridge)