See Also: cacodyl(medicine)
cacodyl(dictionary)

cacodyl (iou)



cacodyl noun. M19.
[from Greek kakodes stinking + -YL.]
Chemistry. A malodorous, toxic, spontaneously flammable liquid, tetramethyldiarsine, ((CH3)2As)2. Also, the radical (CH3)2As, dimethylarsenic (freq. comb.).
caco'dylic adjective of cacodyl;
cacodylic acid, dimethylarsinic acid, (CH3)2AsO(OH): M19.
caco'dylate noun a salt or ester of cacodylic acid M19.