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arsenical, a. and n.|ɑːˈsɛnɪkəl|
[f. L. arsenic-um + -al1.]
A. adj. Of, of the nature of, or containing arsenic; pertaining to or effected by arsenic.
In many names of minerals into which arsenic enters, as arsenical iron, nickel, pyrites.
1605Timme Quersit. i. xiii. 60 They..worke venemous and mortal effects, and that by reason of the arsenical mercury. 1671in Phil. Trans. VI. 2210 The Nature and Causes of the Plague..deducing the Pestilential venom from the Air infected and corrupted chiefly by Arsenical Exhalations. 1791Hamilton Berthollet's Dyeing I. i. i. v. 80 Phosphoric and arsenical acids. 1812Sir H. Davy Chem. Philos. 412 The ore known by the name of arsenical cobalt. 1859[see arseniuret]. 1863W. Baldwin African Hunting 410 Having no arsenical soap, [I] was unable to preserve the skin. 1881Roscoe, &c., Chem. I. 541 The..employment of arsenical wall-papers..is much to be deprecated, still more is the employment of the insoluble arsenical green for colouring light cotton fabrics.
B. n. A substance containing arsenic.
1909in Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1943[see atoxyl]. 1949H. W. Florey et al. Antibiotics II. xxxvi. 1199 It seems clear that doses of arsenicals and penicillin..were effective in experimental animals when combined. 1955Sci. News Let. 16 July 40/2 Many of the itch remedies used today..such as..arsenicals, may depend for their results on a partial blocking of the..itch enzymes. |