English Explanatory Dictionary

Radium Girl

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Radium Girl Radium Girls

Related words

watch face radium jaw
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