Definition of Diplon

1. a nucleus of heavy hydrogen [n -S]

Medical Definition of Diplon

1. A deuterium ion, nucleus consisting of a proton and a neutron. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diplon

diplomatic negotiations
diplomatic pouch
diplomatic service
diplomatical
diplomatically
diplomatick
diplomatics
diplomatism
diplomatist
diplomatists
diplomats
diplomelituria
diplomonadida
diplomyelia
diplon (current term)
diplonema
diploneural
diplons
diplont
diplontic
diplonts
diplopagus
diplophase
diplophases
diplophyte
diplophytes
diplopia
diplopias
diplopic

Literary usage of Diplon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth (1832)
"... of a diplon-patic History of n-he European Political Negotiations and Treaties ... diplon-nn-an-ic ..."

2. The Lancet (1842)
"... as regards the qualification of union medical officers, it is deemed requisite that they should possess the diplon of the College of Surgeons, London, ..."

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