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arsenical

[ UK /ˈɑːsnɪkə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. a pesticide or drug containing arsenic
ADJECTIVE
  1. relating to or containing arsenic
    arsenic vapor

How To Use arsenical In A Sentence

  • The chief source of the arsenic of commerce is arsenical pyrites, or mispickel, which contains about 45 per cent. of arsenic (As). A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
  • Fruits and vegetables sprayed with arsenicals may be sources of this element.
  • In 1909 he discovered the drug Salvarsan, an arsenical compound that was the first effective drug against the organism that causes syphilis, and he used the word ‘chemotherapy’ to indicate the use of such drugs.
  • There is certainly something in this account of Theodoric's death which suggests the idea of arsenical poisoning. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation
  • The lode is a large irregular one of pure arsenical pyrites carrying, in addition to gold and silver, nickel and cobalt. Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students
  • As is well known, the arsenical pigment is so loosely applied to the cloth that a portion of it easily separates upon the slightest motion. January 2010
  • Chemical lead, 1% antimonial lead, and arsenical lead are most commonly employed for this purpose.
  • Other drugs associated with cardiomyopathy include amphetamine sulfate, arsenicals, catecholamines, ephedrine sulfate, lithium carbonate, and mitomycin C.3
  • I carried, as usual, very little medicine -- merely three gallons of castor oil, a few bottles of iodine, some formiate of quinine, strong carbolic and arsenical soaps, permanganate and other powerful disinfectants, caustic -- that was about all. Across Unknown South America
  • The men went away but several hours later the plaintiff's husband died from what was held to be arsenical poisoning.
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