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Noun

1. 1
   A naturally-occurring radioactive isotope of potassium, ⁴⁰₁₉K, having 19 protons and 21 neutrons, and a half-life of 1.3 billion years; it is the chief source of natural radioactivity in living tissue uncountable

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