n, often attrib  :  a malleable ductile yellow metallic element that occurs chiefly free or in a few minerals and is used esp. in coins, jewelry, and dentures and in the form of its salts (as gold sodium thiomalate) esp. in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis - symbol Au - see ELEMENTtable   .
 
 
 
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