Definition of Antimonial

1. Adjective. Containing antimony. "Antimonial lead"

Similar to: Metal, Metallic
Derivative terms: Antimony

Definition of Antimonial

1. a. Of or pertaining to antimony.

Definition of Antimonial

1. Adjective. (dated chemistry) Of or pertaining to antimony. ¹

2. Noun. Any drug or medical preparation containing antimony. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Antimonial

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Antimonial

1. Of or pertaining to antimony. A preparation or medicine containing antimony. Antimonial powder, a consisting of one part oxide of antimony and two parts phosphate of calcium; also called James's powder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antimonial

antimoderns
antimold
antimolecule
antimolecules
antimonarchic
antimonarchical
antimonarchicalness
antimonarchist
antimonarchists
antimonarchy
antimonate
antimonates
antimonatian
antimoney
antimongoloid
antimonial (current term)
antimonial lead
antimonials
antimonian
antimoniate
antimoniated
antimoniates
antimonic
antimonic acid
antimonid
antimonide
antimonides
antimonies
antimoniferous
antimonious

Literary usage of Antimonial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A System of Mineralogy: In which Minerals are Arranged According to the by ROBERT. JAMESON (1820)
"It is distinguished from Native Bismuth by colour, it of tarnish, and inferior specific gravity ; from antimonial Silver by inferior specific gravity, ..."

2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1785)
"... on antimonial Preparations, ... every one in the preparation of his ' New antimonial Powder. ..."

3. The Nature of Ore Deposits by Richard Beck (1905)
"(c) Gold quartz veins with stibnite (antimonial gold quartz formation). ... 19. Veins of predominant quartz with antimony ores (antimonial formation). ..."

4. A Manual of Practical Assaying by John Mitchell (1868)
"antimonial substances susceptible of being assayed by the dry way are divisible ... CLASS I. In this class are comprised native antimony and all antimonial ..."

5. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1892)
"antimonial WINE. SYMPTOMS. — APPEARANCES. CHRONIC POISONING. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. ... antimonial Wine, ie the official solution of ..."

6. The British Journal of Homoeopathy edited by John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell (1861)
"In order to prove the non- absorption of tartar emetic, it has been said that the antimonial sore throat has never been observed from the external ..."

7. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"It was rumoured that overdoses from an ' antimonial cup ' from Massachusetts hastened his end (Collections of Ufas*. Hist. So?. 4th ser. vol. vi. p. 125). ..."

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