thioarsenite

noun

thio·​arsenite

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: a salt (as sodium thioarsenite Na₃AsS₃) or ester containing trivalent arsenic and sulfur in the acid portion of the molecule and obtainable in the case of the salts from arsenic trisulfide

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary thi- + arsenite

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