— bismuthal , adj.
/biz"meuhth/ , n. Chem.
a brittle, grayish-white, red-tinged, metallic element used in the manufacture of fusible alloys and in medicine. Symbol: Bi; at. wt.: 208.980; at. no.: 83.
[ 1660-70; earlier bismutum bisemutum, Latinized form of G Wissmuth (now Wismut ) ]