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		Definition of bismuth in English: bismuthnoun ˈbɪzməθˈbɪzməθ mass noun1The chemical element of atomic number 83, a brittle reddish-tinged grey metal.  Example sentencesExamples -  This area proper is a prominent Chinese mining district known as the Xianghualing polymetallic ore field, and it consists of numerous deposits of tin, tungsten, molybdenum, bismuth, copper, lead, and zinc.
 -  These include lead, aluminium, arsenic, mercury, cadmium, gold, bismuth, antimony, and beryllium.
 -  Along the way, these disintegration series produce radioactive isotopes of protactinium, thorium, actinium, radium, francium, radon, astatine, polonium, bismuth, lead, thallium and mercury.
 -  The low-melting-point metals such as bismuth, lead, tin, and cadmium are added to aluminum to make free-machining alloys.
 -  Kyrgyzstan has deposits of gold, coal, bismuth, mercury, antimony, tungsten, and copper.
 
 - 1.1 A compound of bismuth used medicinally.
 Example sentencesExamples -  I can treat syphilis with bismuth and arsenic but penicillin is so much more effective.
 -  In 1867 a Dr Spencer was acquitted of manslaughter after a medication error in which strychnine was dispensed to a patient instead of bismuth.
 -  Another medicine that coats the stomach is called bismuth.
 -  Helidac is another medicine that combines bismuth and two antibiotics.
 -  Gastritis, duodenal and gastric ulcers may be infectious diseases treatable by antibiotics and by the 100-year-old medicine bismuth.
 
  
 
 Origin   Mid 17th century: from modern Latin bisemutum, Latinization of German Wismut, of unknown origin.    Definition of bismuth in US English: bismuthnounˈbɪzməθˈbizməTH 1The chemical element of atomic number 83, a brittle reddish-gray metal.  Example sentencesExamples -  Along the way, these disintegration series produce radioactive isotopes of protactinium, thorium, actinium, radium, francium, radon, astatine, polonium, bismuth, lead, thallium and mercury.
 -  The low-melting-point metals such as bismuth, lead, tin, and cadmium are added to aluminum to make free-machining alloys.
 -  Kyrgyzstan has deposits of gold, coal, bismuth, mercury, antimony, tungsten, and copper.
 -  This area proper is a prominent Chinese mining district known as the Xianghualing polymetallic ore field, and it consists of numerous deposits of tin, tungsten, molybdenum, bismuth, copper, lead, and zinc.
 -  These include lead, aluminium, arsenic, mercury, cadmium, gold, bismuth, antimony, and beryllium.
 
 - 1.1 A compound containing bismuth used medicinally.
 Example sentencesExamples -  I can treat syphilis with bismuth and arsenic but penicillin is so much more effective.
 -  Another medicine that coats the stomach is called bismuth.
 -  In 1867 a Dr Spencer was acquitted of manslaughter after a medication error in which strychnine was dispensed to a patient instead of bismuth.
 -  Gastritis, duodenal and gastric ulcers may be infectious diseases treatable by antibiotics and by the 100-year-old medicine bismuth.
 -  Helidac is another medicine that combines bismuth and two antibiotics.
 
  
 
 Origin   Mid 17th century: from modern Latin bisemutum, Latinization of German Wismut, of unknown origin.     |