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.

Synonyms

• 606
• arsphenamine
• dioxydiamidoarsenobenzol

Derived terms

• neosalvarsan

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Salvarsan.

Noun

salvarsan n (uncountable)

1. (medicine) salvarsan

Declension

declension of salvarsan (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) salvarsan	salvarsanul
genitive/dative	(unui) salvarsan	salvarsanului
vocative	salvarsanule