barium

Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from baryta + -ium.

noun

  1. The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.
  3. (medicine) barium sulfate suspension.

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