Usually means: Chemical weapon, vomiting agent, arsenical.
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  1. adamsite: Collins English Dictionary
  2. adamsite: Wordnik
  3. Adamsite, adamsite: Wiktionary
  4. adamsite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. adamsite: Dictionary.com
  6. Adamsite-(Y), Adamsite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. adamsite: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. adamsite: Infoplease Dictionary

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  1. adamsite: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. adamsite: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. adamsite: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Adamsite)

noun:  An organic compound, diphenylaminechlorarsine, used as a riot-control agent.
noun:  (US politics, historical) A supporter of John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), American statesman who served as the sixth president of the United States from 1825 to 1829.

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