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arsephenamine

arsephenamine is the alternative form of arsphenamine.

Meaning of arsphenamine

Noun

arsphenamine (countable and uncountable, plural arsphenamines)

  1. A phenolic amine derivative of arsenic that was used to treat syphilis (under the trade name of Salvarsan).
    • The 606th compound was one that contained arsenic and was called arsphenamine.2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 9
    Synonyms:
    606, salvarsan

Forms of arsephenamine

pluralarsephenamines

Questions about arsephenamine

What is arsephenamine the alternative form of?
Arsephenamine is the alternative form of arsphenamine.

Words near arsephenamine in the dictionary

  1. arsenuranylite
  2. Arsenyan
  3. Arsenyans
  4. arsepane
  5. arsepanes
  6. arsephenamine
  7. arsephenamines
  8. arsepine
  9. arsepines
  10. arses
  11. arses about

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