eka-iodine

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

eka- +‎ iodine: the name given by Dmitri Mendeleev to astatine prior to its discovery, from the fact that it lies below iodine in the periodic table.

Noun[edit]

eka-iodine (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, archaic) astatine