arsphenamine
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See also: Arsphenamine and arsphénamine
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[edit]arsphenamine (countable and uncountable, plural arsphenamines)
- (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)
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[edit]a phenolic amine derivative of arsenic that was used to treat syphilis
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