Pnictogen Definition

noun

(chemistry) Any element from group 15 of the periodic table; nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth.

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Other Word Forms of Pnictogen

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Singular:
pnictogen
Plural:
pnictogens

Origin of Pnictogen

  • From Ancient Greek πνίγειν (pnigein, “to choke, to stifle”) (a property of nitrogen) + -gen, with -t- in some forms, perhaps by analogy with pnictide.

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