Radium Girl

noun

A female factory worker who contracted radiation poisoning from luminous paint (containing radium) used in watch dials in the early 20th century.

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Meanings

nounRadium Girl (plural Radium Girls)

plural Radium Girls

  1. UShistoricalA female factory worker who contracted radiation poisoning from luminous paint (containing radium) used in watch dials in the early 20th century.
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APA

Radium Girl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Radium%20Girl

MLA

“Radium Girl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Radium%20Girl. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Radium Girl,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Radium%20Girl.

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