a heavy brittle reddish white metallic chemical element that is heavy and brittle, is used in alloys and, in the form of its compounds, in certain medical preparations for soothing esp stomach disorders: symbol Bi, atomic number 83
bismuthic /bizʹmudhik, bizʹmoohdhik/ adj
[obsolete German Bismut (now Wismut), modification of wismut, from wise meadow + mut claim to a mine]