Silver

Silver
A metal used in some medications and in many “natural” remedies, as well as in silver amalgam for filling cavities in teeth. Silver has antibiotic properties. However, overuse of silver, or use of products containing silver by people with certain health conditions, can result in silver poisoning (argyria). See also argyria.
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Henry K., U.S. pediatrician, *1918. See S.-Russell dwarfism, S.-Russell syndrome.

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sil·ver 'sil-vər n a white metallic element that is sonorous, ductile, very malleable, capable of a high degree of polish, and chiefly monovalent in compounds, and that has the highest thermal and electric conductivity of any substance symbol Ag see ELEMENT (table)

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sil·ver (Ag) (silґvər) a white, soft, malleable, and ductile metallic element; atomic number, 47; atomic weight, 107.870. Its compounds are extensively used in medicine and in x-ray and photographic films; metallic silver is used in surgery and in the manufacture of instruments. In dentistry, it is used chiefly in prostheses, in alloys such as amalgam, in soldering, to neutralize the color imparted by copper in alloys, and as points to obliterate the root canal.

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