n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; ill-smelling (kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to smell) + -yl. ] (Chem.) Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid, As2(CH3)4, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely disagreeable odor. It is the type of a series of compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called hydrazines. [ Written also cacodyle, and kakodyl. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cacodylic acid, a white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, (CH3)2AsO.OH, obtained by the oxidation of cacodyl, and having the properties of an exceedingly stable acid; -- also called alkargen. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. fa`rmakon medicine + E. dynamics. ] That branch of pharmacology which treats of the action and the effects of medicines in the body, and also their distribution in various bodily tissues over time, and their breakdown and excretion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]