strontium-90

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strontium-90 (uncountable)

(physics) The radioactive isotope of strontium, ⁹⁰₃₈Sr, that is present in the fallout from nuclear explosions and, being chemically similar to calcium, accumulates in the bones

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radioactive isotope

Russian: стронций-90 (стронций-девяносто) (stróntsij-90, stróntsij-devjanósto) m

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