Arsenium

/ɑːrˈsiːniəm/ noun

An archaic or obsolete term referring to arsenic metal or arsenic compounds, sometimes used in older chemical and medical texts.

From Latin 'arsenicum' (arsenic) + '-ium' (metallic element suffix, as in calcium, sodium), representing an older nomenclature system before modern chemical naming conventions were standardized.

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