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cacodyl |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cacodyl \Cac"o*dyl\, n. [Gr. ??????? ill-smelling (????? bad + ????? to smell) + -yl.] (Chem.) Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid, {As2(CH3)4}, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely disagreeable odor. It is the type of a series of compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called hydrazines. [Written also {cacodyle}, and {kakodyl}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cacodyl n 1: a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air 2: the univalent group (CH3)2As- derived from arsine [syn: {cacodyl group}, {cacodyl radical}, {arsenic group}]
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