arsenious

[ ahr-see-nee-uhs ]

adjective

, Chemistry.

1. arsenous.

arsenious

/ ˈɑːsɪnəs; ɑːˈsiːnɪəs /

adjective

1. of or containing arsenic in the trivalent state

Word History and Origins

Origin of arsenious¹

arsen- + -ious

Example Sentences

In some cases which he had the opportunity of observing in the army, A. L. Cox104 found great advantage from the use of arsenious acid in rather large doses.

From Project Gutenberg

This is still used in certain glass-works, but from its injurious action on the fire-clay pots, arsenious acid or common white arsenic is employed to effect the same object.

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The very air groans with the bitter anathemas the people pronounce upon calomel, antimony, copper, zinc, arsenic, arsenious acid, stramonium, foxglove, belladonna, henbane, nux vomica, opium, morphia, and narcotin.

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In this way arsenious acid and similar crystalloids may be separated from the colloidal materials with which, in the case of poisoning, they are usually found mixed in the animal juices or tissues.

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White enamel is made by the addition of stannic and arsenious acids to the flux.

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