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noun606 (uncountable)
- uncountableArsphenamine.
At any rate I had told her what I knew about 606, and asked Akkad to send her to a specialist.
1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 1081 more example
Within these last five years we have discovered the spirochaeta pallida, the Wasserman reaction and dioxydiamidoarsenobenzol or 606; […]
1910, The Journal of Ophthalmology and Oto-laryngology, volume 4Synonyms: arsphenamine, salvarsan
Synonyms & antonyms
nounArsphenamine.
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Origin
It was the 606th chemical studied by Ehrlich in his quest for an antisyphilitic drug.
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