bichloride

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bi·chlo·ride

(bī-klôr′īd)

See dichloride.

bichloride

(baɪˈklɔːraɪd)

(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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Noun

bichloride - a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule

dichloride

chloride - any compound containing a chlorine atom

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bicloruro

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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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'In the hospital, I found boric acid solution, solution of bichloride of mercury, tincture of iodine, silver nitrate solution, alcohol, and other drugs which I do not remember [Valenzuela was a pharmacist]; a low table and a high one made of wood; two beds and some chairs all made of bamboo.

Valenzuela @ 150

The kidney injury was caused by an extreme misfortune, such as ingesting mercury bichloride, inhaling carbon tetrachloride, extended hypotension, or a hemolytic reaction to blood administration.

Evolution of Nephrology Nursing as Reflected in the Early Nursing Literature

From toxicological point of view, the best known mercuric salt is the bichloride of mercury which is a corrosive sublimate.