barium sulfate

bar·i·um sul·fate

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Definitions of barium sulfate words

noun barium sulfate an odorless, tasteless, white powder, BaSO4, insoluble in water: it is used as a paint pigment, as a filler for paper, textiles , etc., and as an opaque substance that is ingested to aid in making diagnostic X-rays of the stomach and intestine 3
noun barium sulfate a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, BaSO 4 , used chiefly in the synthesis of pigments, as in paints and printing inks, and, because of its radiopacity, for x-ray diagnosis in medicine. 1

before 1870

One of the 26% newest English words

First recorded in 1870-75

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