a salt or ester of arsenous acid, esp a salt containing the ion A5O33–
arsenite in American English
(ˈɑrsəˌnaɪt)
noun
a salt or ester of arsenous acid
arsenite in American English
(ˈɑːrsəˌnait)
noun
Chemistry
a salt or ester of arsenous acid
Word origin
[1790–1800; arsen- + -ite1]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cannibalism, idealism, ideology, silhouette, standby-ite is a suffix of nouns denoting esp. persons associated with a place, tribe, leader,doctrine, system, etc. (Campbellite; Israelite; laborite); minerals and fossils (ammonite; anthracite); explosives (cordite; dynamite); chemical compounds, esp. salts of acids whose names end in -ous (phosphite; sulfite); pharmaceutical and commercial products (vulcanite); a member or component of a part of the body (somite)
Examples of 'arsenite' in a sentence
arsenite
Calls to legalise sodium arsenite have been rejected by the government.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The disease has taken hold after the only treatment - sodium arsenite - was banned because it is carcinogenic.