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strontium(Sr) (stron´she-әm) a chemical element, atomic number 38, atomic weight 87.62. strontium 89
a radioactive isotope of strontium having a half-life of 50.55 days and decaying by beta emission. It is used in the form
of the chloride as a radiation source in the palliative treatment of bone pain in patients with metastatic bone lesions.
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