alabamine

English

Etymology

Alabama +‎ -ine, after a discredited claim of discovery by the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.

Noun

alabamine (uncountable)

(obsolete) Former name for the chemical element astatine.

See also

Ab

References

“alabamine” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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