polonium
/pəˈləʊnɪəm/noun
mass noun
- the chemical element of atomic number 84, a radioactive metal occurring in nature only as a product of radioactive decay of uranium (Symbol: Po).(化学元素)钋(符号:Po)。
词源
late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from medieval Latin Polonia 'Poland' (the native country of Marie Curie, the element's co-discoverer).