arsenotherapy

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noun

The treatment of a disease with a compound of arsenic

OriginEnglish therapy ← New Latin therapīa ← Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía) →
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Meanings

nounarsenotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural arsenotherapies)

plural arsenotherapies

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe treatment of a disease with a compound of arsenic

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  4. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  5. Old Median*zaranyam
  6. Old Median*kā
  7. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  8. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  9. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  10. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  11. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  12. Latinarsenicum
  13. Middle Frencharsenic
  14. Middle Englisharsenik
  15. Englisharsenic
  16. Englisharseno-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
  18. Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
  19. Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
  20. Ancient Greekθεραπεία (therapeía)
  21. New Latintherapīa
  22. Englishtherapy
  23. Englisharsenotherapy

From arseno- + therapy.

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APA

arsenotherapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsenotherapy

MLA

“arsenotherapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsenotherapy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arsenotherapy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsenotherapy.

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