CADMIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cadmium mean? 

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

1. a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CADMIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 48; cadmium; Cd

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

calamine; hemimorphite (a white mineral; a common ore of zinc)

 Context examples 

Although macrophages have been used for many studies, other cell types are also the target of cadmium's toxicity.

(Cadmium Induction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A colorless, crystalline, inorganic compound that forms toxic fumes of cadmium oxides when heated.

(Cadmium Nitrate, NCI Thesaurus)

A dark brown colored, crystalline, inorganic compound that forms toxic fumes of cadmium oxides when heated.

(Cadmium Oxide, NCI Thesaurus)

Calcium sulfate is used in electroplating, vacuum tubes, fluorescent screens, analytical chemistry, as a fungicide and as a chemical intermediate to produce cadmium containing pigments and stabilizers.

(Cadmium Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

Metallothionein 3 contains three zinc and three copper atoms per polypeptide chain and only a negligible amount of cadmium.

(Metallothionein 3, NCI Thesaurus)

Nickel hydroxide is used in nickel-cadmium batteries and as a catalyst in chemical reactions.

(Nickel Hydroxide, NCI Thesaurus)

Forms of the element cadmium found in foods.

(Dietary Cadmium, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Cadmium ion requiring two electrons to return to its elemental state.

(Cd2+, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A yellow to orange colored, crystalline, inorganic compound that forms toxic fumes of cadmium oxides when heated.

(Cadmium Sulfide, NCI Thesaurus)

In recent decades, exposures to environmental toxic metals such as arsenic, copper, lead, cadmium and mercury, have become a global public health concern.

(Experts warn of cardiovascular risk from heavy metal pollution, University of Cambridge)