See Also: decipium(medicine)

peshwa (iou) and decipium (medicine)


peshwa (iou)



peshwa noun. L17.

Indian History. The chief minister of the Maratha princes from c 1660. Also, the hereditary monarch of the Maratha State from 1749 to 1818.
peshwaship noun the rule or office of peshwa L18.

decipium (medicine)


decipium
<chemistry> A supposed rare element, said to be associated with cerium, yttrium, etc, in the mineral samarskite, and more recently called samarium. Symbol Dp. See Samarium.

Origin: NL, fr. L. Decipere to deceive.

Source: Websters Dictionary