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cacodylic acid
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noun
a colorless, crystalline, deliquescent, poisonous solid, (CH3)2AsOOH, used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes and as an herbicide.
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Origin of cacodylic acid
First recorded in 1840–50
Words nearby cacodylic acid
cacodemon, cacodyl, cacodylate, cacodyl group, cacodylic, cacodylic acid, cacoepy, cacoëthes, cacogenics, cacography, cacology
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How to use cacodylic acid in a sentence
Iron cacodylate, the ferric salt of cacodylic acid, was admitted to New and Nonofficial Remedies in 1917.