salvarsan
See also: Salvarsan
English
Noun
salvarsan (countable and uncountable, plural salvarsans)
- (medicine) The organoarsenic compound arsphenamine, formerly used in the treatment of syphilis and the first effective antibiotic developed against any bacterial illness.
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Indonesian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /salˈvarsan/ [salˈfar.san]
- Rhymes: -arsan
- Syllabification: sal‧var‧san
Noun
salvarsan (plural salvarsan-salvarsan)
Further reading
- “salvarsan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Salvarsan.
Noun
salvarsan n (uncountable)
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | salvarsan | salvarsanul |
| genitive-dative | salvarsan | salvarsanului |
| vocative | salvarsanule | |