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prussic acid

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prus·sic acid  (prsk)
n.
See hydrocyanic acid.
[So called because it was first obtained from Prussian blue.]
prussic acid [ˈprʌsɪk]
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) the weakly acidic extremely poisonous aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide
[from French acide prussique Prussian acid, so called because obtained from Prussian blue]
prussic acid  (prsk)
See hydrocyanic acid.
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Noun1.prussic acid - a solution of hydrogen cyanide in water; weak solutions are used in fumigating and in the synthesis of organic compounds
hydrocyanic acid
acid - any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
Translations
prussic acid [ˌprʌsɪkˈæsɪd] N → ácido m prúsico
prussic acid
n → Blausäure f
prussic acid [ˈprʌsɪkˈæsɪd] n → acido prussico
prussic acid [ˈprʌsɪkˈæsɪd] n → acido prussico


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I don't know what it was, but it had either prussic acid or white lead in it.
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His every move was reported to the big Bwana--just what animals he killed and how many of each species, how he killed them, too, for Bwana would not permit the use of prussic acid or strychnine; and how he treated his "boys.
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Was not a bowl of prussic acid the cause of Fair Rosamond's retiring from the world?
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