Lexic.us

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arsenous

1. pertaining to arsenic [adj] - See also: arsenic

Medical Definition of Arsenous

1. 1. Denoting a compound of arsenic with a valence of +3. 2. Arsenic (adj.). (05 Mar 2000)

Literary usage of Arsenous

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

1. Standard methods of chemical analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"A solution containing 0.001 gram bromine per liter has a violet to reddish- violet color. Determination of Bromates by Reduction with arsenous Acid and ..."

2. Manual of therapeutics: Referring Especially to the Products of the by Davis & Company Parke, Parke, Davis & Company (1909)
"arsenous acid, 1-50 gr. Strychnine, 1-50 gr. Quinine sulphate, 1 gr. Powd. ... arsenous acid, 1-40 gr. Dose, 1 to 2, three or four times a day. ..."

3. Quantitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1903)
"When strongly ignited, it suffers a slight diminution of weight, losing a small proportion of arsenic acid, •which escapes as arsenous oxide and oxygen. ..."

4. Manual of Chemistry: A Guide to Lectures and Laboratory Work for Beginners by William Simon (1895)
"Heated in air, it burns with a bluish-white light, forming arsenous oxide. ... arsenous oxide is a heavy, white solid, occurring either as an opaque, ..."

5. Text-book of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology by John James Reese (1903)
"THE term Arsenic, as employed in toxicology, always signifies, unless specially qualified, arsenous oxid, often, though erroneously, called arsenous acid. ..."

6. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (1820)
"Solution of arsenous and Mercuric Iodide is a clear, colorless or pale yellowish liquid ... Assay for arsenous Iodide—Introduce about 25 mils of Solution of ..."

7. A Text-book of Volumetric Analysis, with Special Reference to the Volumetric by Henry William Schimpf (1898)
"Starch solution is used as the indicator, a blue color being formed as soon as the arsenous acid is entirely oxidized into arsenic acid. 0.1 gm. of arsenous ..."

Other Resources: