arsine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare

WordNet

Ar"sine noun
Etymology
From Arsenic.
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having and odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen.

Webster 1913