# roentgenate

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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