Arsenic
WordNet
noun
(1) A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
(2) A white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer
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Etymology
Middle English, from Old French, from arsenicum, from Ancient Greek αρσενικόν, orpiment, from Middle Persian (zarnikh), gold-colored
Noun
- A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.
- Arsenic trioxide.
Related terms
- arsenical
- arsenicosis
- arsenicum album
- arsenous
- arsphenamine
- neoarsphenamine, neosalvarsan
- sulfarsin, sulpharsin
See also
- aqua Tofana
- arsenious
- auri pigmentum
- cobaltite
- erythrite
- Fowler’s solution
- king’s yellow
- Marsh test
- mimetite
- mispickel
- orpiment
- Paris green
- realgar
- red orpiment
- ruby sulfur, ruby sulphur
- thorin