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arsenical
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic n. Any drug or medical preparation containing arsenic
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to or containing arsenic; "arsenic vapor"
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Arsenical \Ar*sen"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenical vapor; arsenical wall papers. Arsenical silver , an ore of silver containing arsenic.
Usage examples of arsenical.
The Crown say he died of arsenical poisoning, and the defence do not dispute it.
The prisoner, as she herself states, this time procured a tin of arsenical weed-killer, of the same brand that was mentioned in the Kidwelly poisoning case.
While living with Urquhart, Boyes has three attacks of illness, attributed by his doctor to gastritis, but equally consistent with arsenical poisoning.
He at once suspected arsenical poisoning, but, on treatment, Bryant made such a rapid recovery that the doctor believed himself to be mistaken in his diagnosis.
Saturday, 21st, he was taken with another attack, writhing in great agony, with all the distressing symptoms of arsenical poisoning.
The room, explained counsel, had been washed out with soft soap which possessed an arsenical base.
Beothy estimates that in this case the minimum number of deaths by arsenical poisoning was over fifty, and he points out the high incidence of mistaken diagnosis in these cases.
During the trial he had come upon the fact that the arsenical preparation known as Fowler's solution had been administered for the first time in the hospital of Saint-Louis, in Paris.