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chlorovinyldichloroarsine

chlorovinyldichloroarsine noun: lewisite.

Noun

chlorovinyldichloroarsine (uncountable)

  1. lewisite

Origin of chlorovinyldichloroarsine

From chlorovinyl + dichloro- + arsine.

Questions about chlorovinyldichloroarsine

What does chlorovinyldichloroarsine mean?
Chlorovinyldichloroarsine means lewisite.
What part of speech is chlorovinyldichloroarsine?
Chlorovinyldichloroarsine is a noun.

Words near chlorovinyldichloroarsine in the dictionary

  1. chlorotyrosine
  2. chlorous
  3. chlorous acid
  4. chlorovaporization
  5. chlorovinyl
  6. chlorovinyldichloroarsine
  7. chlorovinyls
  8. chlorovirus
  9. chloroviruses
  10. chloroxime
  11. chloroximes

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