cacodylate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cacodylate
First recorded in 1905–1910; cacodyl(ic) + -ate 2
Example Sentences
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When we prescribe a cacodylate or an amylarsinate, we are not prescribing an arsenical treatment whose effects can be compared with those of an arsenide, an arsenite, or an arsenate.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
More than a year afterward hypodermic injections of sodium cacodylate were attempted with apparent success, though the swellings continued.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl
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