acetarsol

English

Chemical structure of acetarsol

Etymology

Blend of acet(amido) +‎ ars(onic) +‎ -ol. The drug was developed by Ernest Fourneau at the Pasteur Institute and sold under the brand name stovarsol. The name is established as the drug’s international nonproprietary name.

Noun

acetarsol (uncountable)

2. (organic chemistry, medicine) The compound (3-acetamido-4-hydroxyphenyl)arsonic acid sometimes used as an antiinfective against the parasite protozoan Entamoeba histolytica

Synonyms

• acetarsone
• stovarsol

Translations

compound sometimes used as an antiinfective

• Finnish: asetarsoli
• Polish: acetarsol m
• Portuguese: acetarsol m, acetarsona f

Anagrams

• crotalase, escalator

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English acetarsol. First attested in 1936.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t͡sɛˈtar.sɔl/

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• Rhymes: -arsɔl
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧tar‧sol

Noun

acetarsol m inan

1. (organic chemistry, medicine) acetarsol

Declension

Declension of acetarsol

	singular
nominative	acetarsol
genitive	acetarsolu
dative	acetarsolowi
accusative	acetarsol
instrumental	acetarsolem
locative	acetarsolu
vocative	acetarsolu

Further reading

• acetarsol in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• acetarsol in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English acetarsol

Noun

acetarsol m (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, medicine) acetarsol

   Synonym: acetarsona