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Radium Girl

Radium Girl noun: a female factory worker who contracted radiation poisoning from luminous paint (containing radium) used in watch dials in the early 20th century.

radium girl: a female factory worker who contracted radiation poisoning from luminous paint (containing radium)...
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Noun

Radium Girl (plural Radium Girls)

  1. (US, historical) A female factory worker who contracted radiation poisoning from luminous paint (containing radium) used in watch dials in the early 20th century.

Forms of Radium Girl

pluralRadium Girls

Questions about Radium Girl

What does Radium Girl mean?
Radium Girl means a female factory worker who contracted radiation poisoning from luminous paint (containing radium) used in watch dials in the early 20th century.
What part of speech is Radium Girl?
Radium Girl is a noun.
What is the plural of Radium Girl?
The plural of Radium Girl is Radium Girls.

Words near Radium Girl in the dictionary

  1. radium clocks
  2. radium dial
  3. radium dials
  4. radium emanation
  5. radium fluoride
  6. Radium Girl
  7. Radium Girls
  8. radium hydroxide
  9. radium jaw
  10. radiumed
  11. radiuming

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