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Hint 1 meaning
The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also,
the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many
fishes.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with MESOTHORIUM (5)
Radium, mesothorium, and the roentgenray are reported to have had in certain isolated cases a seemingly beneficial action.
The greatly extended use of radium, together with the distinctly limited character of the world's known radium supplies, has led to some concern; and considerable investigation has been made of the possibilities of mesothorium as a substitute for radium in luminous paints.
Mesothorium, a by-product of the manufacture of thorium nitrate for gas mantles, is used as a substitute for radium in luminous paints and for therapeutic purposes.
Beijerinck also finds that after exposure of _Photobacter splendidum_ to ultra-violet or strong sunlight, radium or mesothorium rays, luminescence continues but no growth occurs.
Closely allied with zirconium are thorium and mesothorium, and their treatment therefore closely follows that of zirconium.