SALVARSAN


Meaning of SALVARSAN in English

[ 'salvəsan ]

■ noun Medicine, historical another term for arsphenamine .

Origin

early 20th cent.: from Ger., from L. salvare 'save' + Ger. Arsenik 'arsenic' + -an .

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