gadolinium
noun
gad·o·lin·i·um ˌga-də-ˈli-nē-əm 
: a magnetic metallic element of the rare-earth group occurring in combination in gadolinite and several other minerals see Chemical Elements Table
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web May administer gadolinium contrast dosage intravenously. 
Zachary Smith, cleveland, 29 Mar. 2022 Several years later, the plant installed gadolinium nitrate sprinklers in the Shelter’s roof. Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 5 May 2021 But physicists have now created detectors that rely on lithium, rather than gadolinium. Sarah Scoles, Wired, 6 Oct. 2020 This spring, scientists will increase the sensitivity of the 22-year-old Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory by doping water in its observation chamber with the rare-earth metal gadolinium. Science News Staff, Science | AAAS, 2 Jan. 2020 Mixed in the water will be the element gadolinium, which will absorb the neutron generated in the collision, emitting a second flash of Cherenkov light. Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2018 Meanwhile the gadolinium in the water will sop up the neutron, a process that emits a second flash. Jesse Emspak, Scientific American, 1 May 2017 The lawsuit, obtained by SELF, shows that the couple is now suing several companies that manufacture gadolinium contrast. Korin Miller, SELF, 3 Nov. 2017 The Norris' lawsuit acknowledges no official, publicly stated link between gadolinium and symptoms reported by people who believe the metal has affected their health. CBS News, 2 Nov. 2017 See More
Zachary Smith, cleveland, 29 Mar. 2022 Several years later, the plant installed gadolinium nitrate sprinklers in the Shelter’s roof. Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 5 May 2021 But physicists have now created detectors that rely on lithium, rather than gadolinium. Sarah Scoles, Wired, 6 Oct. 2020 This spring, scientists will increase the sensitivity of the 22-year-old Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory by doping water in its observation chamber with the rare-earth metal gadolinium. Science News Staff, Science | AAAS, 2 Jan. 2020 Mixed in the water will be the element gadolinium, which will absorb the neutron generated in the collision, emitting a second flash of Cherenkov light. Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2018 Meanwhile the gadolinium in the water will sop up the neutron, a process that emits a second flash. Jesse Emspak, Scientific American, 1 May 2017 The lawsuit, obtained by SELF, shows that the couple is now suing several companies that manufacture gadolinium contrast. Korin Miller, SELF, 3 Nov. 2017 The Norris' lawsuit acknowledges no official, publicly stated link between gadolinium and symptoms reported by people who believe the metal has affected their health. CBS News, 2 Nov. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
gadolin- (in gadolinite, after Johan Gadolin †1852 Finnish chemist and mineralogist) + New Latin -ium -ium
Note: Named by the Swiss chemist Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817-94); see "Le Y α de M. de Marignac est définitivement nommé gadolinium," Note de M. Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Comptes Rendus hebdomadaires des séances de lʼAcadémie des Sciences, tome 102 (janvier-juin 1886), p. 902.
First Known Use
1886, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
gadolinium
noun
gad·o·lin·i·um ˌgad-ᵊl-ˈin-ē-əm
: a magnetic metallic element of the rare-earth group —symbol Gd see Chemical Elements Table