phenarsazine chloride

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phen·ar·sa·zine chloride

 (fə-när′sə-zēn′)
n.
A corrosive, highly poisonous yellow crystalline compound, C12H9AsClN, used as a poison gas and sometimes with tear gas. Also called diphenylaminechloroarsine.
[phen(o)- + ars(enic) + azine.]
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