salvarsan

See also: Salvarsan

English

Noun

salvarsan (countable and uncountable, plural salvarsans)

  1. (medicine) The organoarsenic compound arsphenamine, formerly used in the treatment of syphilis and the first effective antibiotic developed against any bacterial illness.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Salvarsan.

Noun

salvarsan n (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) salvarsan

Declension

Declension of salvarsan
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative salvarsan salvarsanul
genitive-dative salvarsan salvarsanului
vocative salvarsanule
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