bichloride


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bi·chlo·ride

 (bī-klôr′īd)
n.
See dichloride.

bichloride

(baɪˈklɔːraɪd)
n
(Elements & Compounds) another name for dichloride

di•chlo•ride

(daɪˈklɔr aɪd, -ɪd, -ˈkloʊr-)

n.
a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another element or group.
[1815–25]
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Noun1.bichloride - a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule
dichloride
chloride - any compound containing a chlorine atom
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Ah, yes; I have some faint notion of what you mean; it might be made to answer, no doubt -- but in my time we employed scarcely any thing else than the Bichloride of Mercury.
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From toxicological point of view, the best known mercuric salt is the bichloride of mercury which is a corrosive sublimate.
Perilous Effects of Heavy Metals Contamination on Human Health
But mercury bichloride, an antiseptic no longer in use because of toxic mercury poisoning, if ingested could be fatal.
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