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potassium
1. n. A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.
2. n. A single atom of this element.

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Sickness and a suffocating tightness to the chest turned out to be the symptoms of dangerously high potassium levels.

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