Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A salt formed by the union of arsenious oxid with a base.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base.

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  • noun chemistry Any oxyanion of trivalent arsenic, especially the AsO33- anion (or protonated derivatives); Any salt containing this anion, or any ester of arsenious acid

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Examples

  • Short-term arsenite exposure to induce oxidative stress did not modify the pattern of protein pull-down, but appeared to result in elevated CBP80 purification (

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shelton S. Bradrick et al. 2009

  • The toxic compounds in arsenic are arsenate and arsenite.

    Weird Stones Heather McDougal 2007

  • The toxic compounds in arsenic are arsenate and arsenite.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Heather McDougal 2007

  • The press release for Professor Andy Meharg's book Venomous Earth, "scientific, cultural and political history of arsenic", mentions further arsenical anecdotes such as the Madeleine Smith case, William Morris wallpapers, and the origin of a long-standing Scottish prejudice against green sweets (a fondness of traders in 19th century Greenock for the toxic Scheele's Green - copper arsenite - as a food dye in confectionery).

    Arsenic Ray Girvan 2005

  • National Guardsmen trucked sawdust from mountain sawmills to the plains, where it was mixed with bran, molasses, sodium arsenite, and banana oil to make a death brew for the hoppers.

    Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007

  • National Guardsmen trucked sawdust from mountain sawmills to the plains, where it was mixed with bran, molasses, sodium arsenite, and banana oil to make a death brew for the hoppers.

    Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007

  • National Guardsmen trucked sawdust from mountain sawmills to the plains, where it was mixed with bran, molasses, sodium arsenite, and banana oil to make a death brew for the hoppers.

    Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007

  • National Guardsmen trucked sawdust from mountain sawmills to the plains, where it was mixed with bran, molasses, sodium arsenite, and banana oil to make a death brew for the hoppers.

    Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007

  • Barry Rosen and his group at Wayne State identified arsenite transport through

    Peter Agre - Autobiography 2004

  • Heat shock proteins in sorghum and pearl millet; ethanol. sodium arsenite, sodium malonate and the development of thermotolerance.

    Chapter 28 1996

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