Arsenophen

/ɑɹˈsɛnoʊfɛn/ noun

A synthetic compound combining arsenic with phenol, developed for medicinal purposes in early pharmaceutical chemistry.

Compound of 'arsenic' (Persian origin) and 'phenol' (from 'phene,' coal tar derivative). Part of early 20th-century synthetic drug development.

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