salvarsan

See also: Salvarsan

English

Noun

salvarsan (countable and uncountable, plural salvarsans)

1. (medicine) The organoarsenic compound arsphenamine, formerly used in the treatment of syphilis and the first effective antibiotic developed against any bacterial illness.

Synonyms

• 606
• arsphenamine
• dioxydiamidoarsenobenzol

Derived terms

• neosalvarsan

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Salvarsan.

Noun

salvarsan n (uncountable)

1. (medicine) salvarsan

Declension

Declension of salvarsan

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	salvarsan	salvarsanul
genitive-dative	salvarsan	salvarsanului
vocative	salvarsanule