| arsenic polyneuropathy |
arsenical polyneuropathy, polyneuropathy seen in cases of chronic arsenic poisoning, characterized by sensory disturbances of the extremities and sometimes by a syndrome resembling acute febrile polyneuritis.
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| arsphenamine |
Arsphenamine is a drug that was used to treat syphilis and trypanosomiasis. It was the first modern chemotherapeutic agent.Sahachiro Hata found this compound in 1908 while studying in the laboratory of Paul Ehrlich, during a survey of thousands of compounds (derivates of the drug atoxyl) in search of anti-spirochete activity (the bacterium that causes syphilis is a spirochete).This compound was marketed under the trade name Salvarsan in 1910. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsphenamine
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| arsenic trioxide |
A substance that induces programmed cell death (apoptosis) in certain cancer cells. It belongs to the family of drugs called antineoplastics.
Ãâó: www.stjude.org/glossary
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| arsenic poisoning |
Symptoms: Violent burning in the region of the stomach and bowels; tenderness on pressure; retching; vomiting; sense of dryness and tightness in the throat; thirst; hoarseness and difficulty of speech; the matter vomited, greenish or yellowish, sometimes streaked with blood; diarrhea; tenesmus; sometimes excoriation of the anus; urinary organs occasionally affected with violent burning pains and suppression; convulsions and cramps; clammy sweats; lividity of the extremities; countenance ...
Ãâó: www.antiquusmorbus.com/English/Poison.htm
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| arsenic |
(AHR-sin-ik) ?A poison used to kill weeds and pests. Arsenic is also used in some cancer treatments to kill cancer cells.
Ãâó: www.cdc.gov/cancer/lung/glossary.htm
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