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/ɑːsˈfɛnəmaɪn/ · noun
(pharmacology, organic chemistry) A phenolic amine derivative of arsenic that was used to treat syphilis (under the trade name of Salvarsan)..
2001: The 606th compound was one that contained arsenic and was called arsphenamine. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 9)
Use arsphenamine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Arsphenamine means (pharmacology, organic chemistry) A phenolic amine derivative of arsenic that was used to treat syphilis (under the trade name of Salvarsan)..
Common synonyms include 606, salvarsan, Salvarsan.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
2001: The 606th compound was one that contained arsenic and was called arsphenamine. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 9)
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