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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
arsenic /ˈɑːs(ə)nɪk/
▶noun the chemical element of atomic number 33, a brittle steel-grey semimetal with many highly poisonous compounds. (Symbol: As)
– derivatives
arsenical adjective.
arsenical adjective.
– origin ME (in sense ‘orpiment’): via OFr. from L. arsenicum, from Gk arsenikon, from Arab. al-zarnīḵ.
'arsenic' also found in these Oxford entries:
arsenide
- arsine
- arsphenamine
- As
- cacodyl
- cacodylic acid
- orpiment
- Paris green
- realgar
- Salvarsan
- semimetal
- white arsenic
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