GALLIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gallium mean? 

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

1. a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALLIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 31; Ga; gallium

Hypernyms ("gallium" 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 ("gallium" is a substance of...):

bauxite (a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst)

 Context examples 

"We use a liquid metal of gallium and indium — a common, non-toxic alloy called EGaIn — to connect the thermoelectric 'legs'."

(Flexible Wearable Electronics Use Body Heat for Energy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Gallium binds to transferrin, leukocyte lactoferrin, bacterial siderophores and inflammatory proteins and thereby can be used to localize foci of infection.

(Gallium scan, NCI Thesaurus)

A very small amount of radioactive gallium is injected into a vein and travels through the bloodstream.

(Gallium scan, NCI Dictionary)

Upon intravenous administration of the gallium Ga 68-labeled affibody ABY-025, the affibody targets HER2-expressing tumor cells.

(Gallium Ga 68-labeled Affibody ABY-025, NCI Thesaurus)

A hydrated nitrate salt of the group IIIa element gallium with potential use in the treatment of malignancy-associated hypercalcemia.

(Gallium nitrate, NCI Thesaurus)

After intravenous administration, gallium Ga 68-labeled BNOTA-PRGD2 binds to alphaVbeta3 integrin on the cell membrane via the cyclic tri-amino acids RGD motif.

(Gallium Ga 68-labeled BNOTA-PRGD2, NCI Thesaurus)

Gallium Ga 68-DOTATATE binds to SSTRs, with a much higher affinity for type 2 SSTR, present on the cell membranes of many types of NETs.

(Gallium Ga 68-DOTATATE, NCI Thesaurus)

A radioconjugate consisting of the octreotide derivative edotreotide labeled with gallium 68 (Ga-68) with potential application in somatostatin receptor (SSTR) imaging in conjunction with positron emission tomography (PET).

(Gallium Ga 68-Edotreotide, NCI Thesaurus)

The citrate salt of the radioisotope gallium Ga 67.

(Gallium Citrate Ga-67, NCI Thesaurus)

A radioimmunoconjugate consisting of a trastuzumab fragment labeled with the positron-emitting radioisotope gallium Ga 68 with radioisotopic and antibody activities.

(Gallium Ga 68 F(ab')2-Trastuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)