roentgenate

Etymology

From German Röntgen (“Roentgen”) (the surname of physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, discoverer of X-rays) + the chemical suffix -ate.

roentgenate means A salt or derivative of roentgenic acid, similar in structure or composition to a gold salt due to the placement of roentgenium (Rg, element 111) in the periodic table. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

noun

A salt or derivative of roentgenic acid, similar in structure or composition to a gold salt due to the placement of roentgenium (Rg, element 111) in the periodic table.