sodium arsenite

noun Chemistry.

a white or grayish-white, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaAsO2, used chiefly in arsenical soaps for hides, as an insecticide, and as a weed-killer.

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Also called sodium meta-arsenite.

Words nearby sodium arsenite

sodio-, sodium, sodium amide, sodium ammonium phosphate, sodium amytal, sodium arsenite, sodium barbital, sodium benzoate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium bichromate, sodium bisulfate
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