cyanide
Lethal chemical compound
Cyanide is a rapidly acting poison that prevents cells from using oxygen.
The term covers several compounds containing a carbon-nitrogen group—most notoriously hydrogen cyanide (the gas used in Nazi death chambers) and potassium cyanide (the crystalline salt of spy capsules and murder mysteries).
Despite its lethal reputation, cyanide has industrial uses in mining, metallurgy, and chemical synthesis.
The detective suspected cyanide when he smelled bitter almonds.
Capable of causing harm
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- deadlyAble to cause expiration
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- poisoningHarmful substance exposure
poisonous · toxin · dose · ingestion · inhalation · exposure · contamination · hazardous
Cyanide-containing stone fruit seed
- marzipanSweetened ground nut confection
- amarettoStone-fruit Italian liqueur
- prunusStone fruit group
- stone fruitFruit with pit inside
cherry pit · peach pit · benzaldehyde · aroma · flavoring · extract · orgeat · cassava
Negatively charged ion
- ionCharged atom or molecule
- compoundCombined into one
- cyanogenC₂N₂ toxic gas
- ferricyanideIron-cyanide coordination compound
nitrile · radical · electron · synthesis · reagent · electroplating · metallurgy · leaching
Chlorine-neutralizing crystalline compound
- oxygen therapyAdministered breathing gas treatment
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
- chelationChemical metal-ion capture
emergency · antitoxin · intravenous · critical care · survival · counteragent · medical intervention · first aid
Agent destroying cells
- neurotoxinPoison attacking neural tissue
- carcinogenCancer-promoting agent
- hepatotoxinSubstance toxic to liver
- lethal doseAmount causing death
LD50 · bioaccumulation · metabolism · detection · forensic · analysis · tissue damage · autopsy
toxic
Capable of causing harm
poisoning · poisonous · toxin · dose · ingestion · inhalation · exposure · contamination · hazardous · dangerous
bitter almond
Cyanide-containing stone fruit seed
stone fruit · cherry pit · peach pit · benzaldehyde · aroma · flavoring · extract · orgeat · cassava · lima bean
anion
Negatively charged ion
ferricyanide · nitrile · radical · electron · synthesis · reagent · electroplating · metallurgy · leaching · solution
sodium thiosulfate
Chlorine-neutralizing crystalline compound
- oxygen therapyAdministered breathing gas treatment
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
chelation · emergency · antitoxin · intravenous · critical care · survival · counteragent · medical intervention · first aid · decontamination
cytotoxin
Agent destroying cells
- neurotoxinPoison attacking neural tissue
- carcinogenCancer-promoting agent
- hepatotoxinSubstance toxic to liver
lethal dose · LD50 · bioaccumulation · metabolism · detection · forensic · analysis · tissue damage · autopsy · symptom
- Toxicspoison, poisons, toxins, toxicity, carcinogens
- poisonsarsenic, hemlock, strychnine, belladonna, nightshade
- pollutantspollutants, pollutant, contaminant, contaminants, toxin
- toxinstoxin, endotoxin, exotoxin, biotoxins, endotoxins
- nitrogen compoundsamines, aniline, urea, nitrate, nitrite
- cyanidescyanogen
- cyanide pill
- cyanide gasLethal respiratory poison
- potassium cyanideToxic alkali metal salt
- cyanide poisoningToxic oxygen-blocking condition
- hydrogen cyanideToxic HCN compound
- sodium cyanidePoisonous alkali metal compound