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atoxyl Chem.|əˈtɒksɪl| [G. (1902), as trade name regd. by Ver. Chem. Werke, Charlottenburg, f. a- 14 + toxic a. + -yl.] An organic arsenical compound (esp. as formerly used hypodermically in skin diseases). Equivalent names include arsamin and soamin.
1906Daily Chron. 18 Sept. 3/4 The treatment of the patients was based on the simultaneous use of atoxyl and strychnine. Ibid. 21 Dec. 5/3 Professor Koch decided to employ atoxyl injections of half a gramme. 1911Allbutt's Syst. Med. IX. 104 Optic atrophy caused by arsenical injections, in the form of atoxyl. 1920J. M. H. Macleod Diseases of Skin 111 Arsacetin and orsudan have the advantage over atoxyl of being more stable and capable of being boiled without decomposition. 1943Endeavour Apr. 41/1 The organic arsenicals, atoxyl, salvarsan, neo-salvarsan. 1957A. H. Douthwaite Hale-White's Materia Medica (ed. 30) 383 Pentavalent Arsenicals. Sodii Aminoarsonas (B.P.C.). Synonym, Atoxyl. 1964S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxiii. 352 Arsenic is specially liable to cause optic atrophy, usually total, when administered in the form of pentavalent compounds such as atoxyl or soamin. |