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arsphenamines

arsphenamines is the plural 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

Questions about arsphenamines

What is arsphenamines the plural of?
Arsphenamines is the plural of arsphenamine.

Words near arsphenamines in the dictionary

  1. arsons
  2. arsorane
  3. arsoranes
  4. arsphenamin
  5. arsphenamine
  6. arsphenamines
  7. arste
  8. arsthinol
  9. Arsura
  10. arsy
  11. arsy varsy

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