barium

noun bar·i·um \ˈber-ē-əm\

: a chemical element that is a soft silver-white metal

Full Definition of BARIUM

: a silver-white malleable toxic divalent metallic element of the alkaline-earth group that occurs only in combination — see element table

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New Latin, from bar-

First Known Use: 1808

Medical Dictionary

noun bar·i·um \ˈbar-ē-əm, ˈber-\

: a silver-white malleable toxic bivalent metallic element of the alkaline-earth group that occurs only in combination—symbol Ba; see element table

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