THALLIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thallium mean? 

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

1. a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THALLIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 81; thallium; Tl

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

blende; sphalerite; zinc blende (an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form)

 Context examples 

A chelating agent with strong binding affinity for thallium, cesium, and other ions.

(Ferric Ferrocyanide, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent is not absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract and it chelates thallium or cesium ion in the intestines.

(Ferric Ferrocyanide, NCI Thesaurus)

Ferric hexacyanoferrate is used for the treatment of acute and chronic thallium and cesium poisoning.

(Ferric Ferrocyanide, NCI Thesaurus)