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