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selenium

Pronunciation: /səˈleː.ni.ʏm/

“selenium” is a Dutch word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. selenium

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin selēnium, a word coined by Swedish chemist Berzelius in 1818, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, “moon”).

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