permanganate

permanganate [per-mang-guh-neyt] ExamplesWord Origin noun Chemistry.

1. a salt of permanganic acid, as potassium permanganate.

Origin of permanganate First recorded in 1835–45; permangan(ic acid) + -ate2 Examples from the Web for permanganate Historical Examples of permanganate

Crystals of iodine as opposed to permanganate of potash for antiseptic he discussed.

The Leopard Woman

Stewart Edward White

But the poison had not all been sucked from the wounds or counteracted in the veins by the permanganate.

Bloom of Cactus

Robert Ames Bennet

Stir with a piece of wood until the permanganate is dissolved.

The Book-Hunter at Home

P. B. M. Allan

The iodid, permanganate, and carbonate of potash have been used.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse

United States Department of Agriculture

This solution, by permanganate of potash, is first green and then grey.

Poisons: Their Effects and Detection

Alexander Wynter Blyth

British Dictionary definitions for permanganate permanganate noun

1. a salt of permanganic acid

permanganate in Medicine permanganate [pər-măng′gə-nāt′] n.

1. Any of the salts of permanganic acid, all of which are strong oxidizing agents.

permanganate in Science permanganate [pər-măng′gə-nāt′]

1. A salt of permanganic acid, containing the group MnO4. Permanganates are strong oxidizing agents.