From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Drugs, medicines, Elementsbismuthbis‧muth /ˈbɪzməθ/ noun [uncountable]HCMMDa grey-white metal that is often used in medicines. It is a chemicalelement: symbol BiExamples from the Corpusbismuth• Our own unpublished data on absorption from these enemasindicates that less than 0.02% of administeredbismuth is absorbed.• There was a significantimprovement in all symptoms with both 5-ASA and bismuth enemas.• These include lead and antimony, nickel, manganese and zinc, and bismuth and iron.• There was no evidence of accumulation of bismuth from the enemas.• There was no evidence of bismuth accumulation during the trial.• Cells of the bacteria were heavily mineralised with uranium, calcium, vanadium, bismuth, selenium and sulphur.• In the course of trying to identifytherapeuticagents for this disease two recent studies have shown benefit with bismuthpreparations.• In addition, none of the patients had been treated with bismuth preparations or with immunosuppressive therapy.Originbismuth(1600-1700) Early Germanbismut, from wismut, probably from wise"field" + mut"claim to a mine"