arsenic
has definitions from the field of chemistry
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide and weed killer
Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)And there was the case of Tom_Hepker , a machinist , who was referred by a friend to a health machine quack who treated him with a so-called diagnostic machine for what Doctor_Fraud said was a system full of arsenic and strychnine . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
Synonyms Related terms chemical_element realgar orpiment herbicide insecticide arsenopyrite |
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