Arsenic

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Arsenic

Type

free base

Denotation

toxic yellow-gray brittle nonmetallic chemical element

Etymology

Middle English arsenik; Middle French arsenic; Latin arsenicum; Ancient Greek arsenikón

Evidence

arsenic, arsenicated, arsenicism, arsenicize, arsenicophagy, arsenicosis, pyroarsenic, radioarsenic, tetraarsenic, triarsenic

Notes

spelling influenced by Ancient Greek arsenikós

See Also

Arsene, Ars