LANTHANUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lanthanum mean? 

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

1. a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LANTHANUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 57; La; lanthanum

Hypernyms ("lanthanum" 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.)

 Context examples 

The ionized form of lanthanum (trivalent ion) with phosphate binding property.

(Lanthanum Cation (3), NCI Thesaurus)

Lanthanum carbonate dissociates in gastric acid to release lanthanum ions, which then binds dietary phosphate.

(Lanthanum Carbonate, NCI Thesaurus)

Lanthanum, when administered in a salt form, dissociates in acid to release lanthanum ions, which then bind dietary phosphate.

(Lanthanum, NCI Thesaurus)

The carbonate salt of lanthanum, a silvery white metallic element of the lanthanoids family, with phosphate binding property.

(Lanthanum Carbonate, NCI Thesaurus)