Element
halogen
hal·o·gen [ hal-uh-juhn, -jen, hey-luh- ]
Subclass of:
Elements
Definitions related to halogens:
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Elements of Group VII of the periodic table.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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A family of nonmetallic, generally electronegative, elements that form group 17 (formerly group VIIa) of the periodic table.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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