different between arsphenamine vs arsenic

English

Etymology

From arsenic + phen- + amine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?f?n?ma?n/, /??s?f?n?mi?n/

Noun

arsphenamine (countable and uncountable, plural arsphenamines)

1. (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)

Synonyms

• 606
• salvarsan, Salvarsan

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• arsenick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English arsenik, borrowed from Middle French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ????????? (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”) (influenced by ????????? (arsenikós, “potent, virile”)), from Semitic (compare Classical Syriac ??????? (zarn???), Aramaic ????????????????????????? (zrnyk? /zarn???/)), from Middle Iranian *zarn?k (compare Persian ????? (zarn?, “arsenic”)), from Old Iranian *zarniya-ka- (compare Avestan ????????????????????????????????? (zaraniia, “golden”), Old Persian ???????????????????? (d-r-n-i-y /daraniya-/, “gold”), Sanskrit ?????? (híra?ya, “gold”), Persian ??? (zar, “gold”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??elh?-. More at yellow.

Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???(?).s?.n?k/
• (US) enPR: är?s?n-?k, IPA^(key): /???s?n?k/

Adjective

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??(?)?s?n?k/
• (US) enPR: är-s?n??k, IPA^(key): /???s?n?k/

Noun

arsenic (countable and uncountable, plural arsenics)

2. A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.
3. (countable) A single atom of this element.
4. Arsenic trioxide.

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Adjective

arsenic (not comparable)

1. Of or containing arsenic with a valence of 5.

Derived terms

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See also

Anagrams

• Cairnes, Racines, Serican, arcsine, carines, carnies, cerasin, sarcine, scarine

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.s?.nik/

Noun

arsenic m (uncountable)

1. arsenic (chemical element)

Derived terms

• oxyde blanc d'arsenic

Descendants

• Lingala: aseni

Further reading

• “arsenic” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• cernais, enciras, encrais, racines, ricanes, ricanés

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin arsenicum.

Noun

arsenic m (uncountable)

1. arsenic

Romanian

Etymology

From French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum.

Noun

arsenic n (uncountable)

1. arsenic

Declension