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ar⋅sine

[ahr-seen, ahr-seen, -sin]
–noun Chemistry.
1. Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH3, having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
2. any derivative of this compound in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by organic groups.

Origin:
1875–80; ars(enic) + -ine 2
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ar·sine   (är-sēn', är'sēn')   
n.  A colorless, flammable, very poisonous gas, H3As, having an odor like garlic and used in chemical warfare, as a solid-state doping agent, and in organic synthesis.

[ars(enic) + -ine2.]
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Main Entry: ar·sine
Pronunciation: är-'sEn, 'är-"
Function: noun
: a colorless flammable extremely poisonous gas AsH3 with anodor like garlic; also : a derivative of arsine
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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