Definition of "cacodylate" []

• Any salt or ester of cacodylic acid (noun)

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• "= -- These are arsenite of potash (Fowler's solution), cacodylate of sodium, and arsenite of copper (Scheele's green), the last frequently used for colouring dresses and wall-papers."
• "(Académie de Médecine, July 24, 1900) elaborates arsenic and iodine, which nourish the skin and hair; he found that the administration of sodium cacodylate to young women produced abundant growth of hair on head."
• "More than a year afterward hypodermic injections of sodium cacodylate were attempted with apparent success, though the swellings continued."