- prus·sic acid
- /ˈprʌsık-/ noun [noncount]: a very poisonous acid
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prussic acid — SYN: hydrocyanic acid. * * * prus·sic acid .prəs ik n HYDROCYANIC ACID * * * see hydrocyanic acid * * * prus·sic ac·id (prusґik) hydrogen cyanide … Medical dictionary
prussic acid — prus′sic ac′id [[t]ˈprʌs ɪk[/t]] n. chem. hydrocyanic acid • Etymology: 1780–90; trans. of F acide prussique (=Prusse Prussia+ ique ic); so called because it was first obtained by heating Prussian blue with sulfuric acid … From formal English to slang
prussic acid — prus|sic ac|id [ˌprʌsık ˈæsıd] n [U] [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: prussique Prussian ; because it was first obtained from Prussian blue, a coloring material] a very poisonous acid … Dictionary of contemporary English
prussic acid — prus|sic ac|id [ ,prʌsık æsıd ] noun uncount an extremely poisonous acid … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
prussicacid — prus·sic acid (prŭsʹĭk) n. See hydrocyanic acid. [So called because it was first obtained from Prussian blue.] * * * … Universalium
Nitroprussic — Ni tro*prus sic (? or ?), a. [Nitro + prussic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid on potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate), as a red… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prussic — Prus sic, a. [Cf. F. prussique.] (Old Chem.) designating the acid now called hydrocyanic acid, but formerly called prussic acid, because Prussian blue is derived from it or its compounds. See {Hydrocyanic}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
