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deuterium

noun deu·te·ri·um \d(y)ü-ˈtir-ē-əm\

Medical Definition of DEUTERIUM

:  an isotope of hydrogen that has one proton and one neutron in its nucleus and that has twice the mass of ordinary hydrogen—called also heavy hydrogen

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