Definition of Arsenic trioxide

1. Noun. A white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer.

Exact synonyms: Arsenic, Arsenous Anhydride, Arsenous Oxide, Ratsbane, White Arsenic
Generic synonyms: Trioxide
Derivative terms: Arsenical

Definition of Arsenic trioxide

1. Noun. An industrially important oxide of arsenic that occurs as the mineral claudetite; formula As2O3 (though in liquid, gaseous and some solid forms it has molecules of the form As4O6). ¹

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Medical Definition of Arsenic trioxide

1. As2O3;dissolves in water to give arsenous acid, H3AsO3; used in the treatment of skin diseases and malaria, and as a tonic; also used externally as a caustic. Synonym: arsenous oxide, white arsenic. (05 Mar 2000)

Literary usage of Arsenic trioxide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Arsenic by Assembly Of Life Sciences, National Academies Press, Assembly of Life Sciences (U.S.), National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1977)
"The toxicity of arsenic trioxide depended on .he purity of the substance used; ... Although the impure arsenic trioxide was less toxic, it caused much more ..."

2. Victor von Richter's Text-book of inorganic chemistry by Victor von Richter (1901)
"The molecular magnitude of the solid arsenic trioxide, like that of all solids, ... Upon heating arsenic trioxide in a narrow glass tube with carbon, ..."

3. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1921)
"arsenic trioxide is known in three different modifications: isometric arsenic trioxide (white arsenic) ; monoclinic arsenic trioxide, and amorphous, ..."

4. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopeial Convention (1820)
"It should contain not less than 99.8 percent, of pure arsenic trioxide. ... When slowly heated in a test-tube, arsenic trioxide yields a sublimate of minute ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"arsenic trioxide is almost ... the behaviour of a solution of arsenic trioxide is altogether different ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1878)
"THE solubility of arsenic trioxide was, for a long time, a property very ... The arsenic trioxide used was powdered, one specimen being furnished by Messrs. ..."

7. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"of arsenic trioxide in two doses, on the first day mixed with bran, and on the second ingested as a drench. On the fourth day the animal died, ..."

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