Relating to the measurement or analysis of arsenic content, a technical term in analytical chemistry and toxicology.
From 'arsenic' combined with '-metric' (from Greek 'metron,' meaning measure). A neoclassical scientific coinage from 19th-20th century analytical chemistry.
Arsmetrik analysis became crucial in forensic medicine—detecting arsenic poisoning in corpses required developing extremely sensitive measurement techniques that also advanced analytical chemistry generally.
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