See hydrocyanic acid.
[So called because it was first obtained from Prussian blue.]
prussic acid
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prus·sic acid (prŭs'ĭk)  |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a weak poisonous acid (HCN) used in fumigating and in synthesis of organic compounds
Synonyms: hydrocyanic acid, hydrogen cyanide
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Mentioned in
- hydrocyanic acid
- prussiate
- prussic
- Comte Claude Louis Berthollet (French chemist)
- hydrocyanic
- Karl Wilhelm Scheele
- manioc (in archaeology)
- Sir William Ramsay (Scottish chemist)
- atropine (drug)
- cyanogen
- almond (tree)
- cassava (plant, vegetable)
- hydrogen cyanide (in chemistry)
- Cyanide (inorganic chemistry)
