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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cadmium /ˈkadmɪəm/

▶noun the chemical element of atomic number 48, a silvery-white metal resembling zinc. (Symbol: Cd)

– origin C19: from L. cadmia ‘calamine’, so named because it is found with calamine in zinc ore.

'cadmium' also found in these Oxford entries:

cadmium yellow - Cd - -ium - NiCad

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