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moly cows

moly cows is the plural of moly cow.

Meaning of moly cow

Noun

moly cow (plural moly cows)

  1. (informal) A device used to extract the metastable isotope technetium-99m from a source of decaying molybdenum-99.
    • When the ⁹⁹Tcₘ isotope is needed for medical imaging purposes, it has to be created on the spot because its half-life is only six hours. This is done using a device filled with longer-lived ⁹⁹Mo, which decays into ⁹⁹Tcₘ, continually replenishing the supply within the device. Because the process of...2012, Theodore [W.] Gray, The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe, New York, N.Y.: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    technetium cow, w:technetium-99m generator

Questions about moly cows

What is moly cows the plural of?
Moly cows is the plural of moly cow.

Words near moly cows in the dictionary

  1. molusc
  2. moluscicidal
  3. Molve
  4. moly
  5. moly cow
  6. moly cows
  7. molybdate
  8. molybdates
  9. molybdatophosphoric
  10. molybdena
  11. molybdenacyclopentane

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