Yodium

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Definition

A non-metallic chemical element.

Etymology

Borrowed from the Greek 'ioeides', meaning violet-colored. This term was absorbed via the Dutch 'jodium' to refer to the chemical element discovered by Bernard Courtois in 1811, named for its characteristic violet vapors.

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