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phosgenes

phosgenes is the plural of phosgene.

Meaning of phosgene

Noun

phosgene (usually uncountable, plural phosgenes)

  1. (usually) carbonyl chloride
    • “‘Poison gas’?” A new one on Lew. But Dr. De Bottle had taken on a somber look. “Phosgene.”2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 265

Questions about phosgenes

What is phosgenes the plural of?
Phosgenes is the plural of phosgene.

Words near phosgenes in the dictionary

  1. phosgenated
  2. phosgenation
  3. phosgenations
  4. phosgene
  5. phosgene oxime
  6. phosgenes
  7. phosgenic
  8. phosgenite
  9. phosichthyid
  10. phosichthyids
  11. PHOSITA

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