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sesquichloride

sesquichloride noun: any chloride containing three chlorine atoms for every two atoms of another element.

Noun

sesquichloride (plural sesquichlorides)

  1. Any chloride containing three chlorine atoms for every two atoms of another element.
    • I had read of some remedies that were injected into the gland to leatherize the tissue and check the over-active circulation of the gland, so I tried injecting sesquichloride of iron in a few cases.1936, Collected Papers of the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation, page 466

Forms of sesquichloride

pluralsesquichlorides

Origin of sesquichloride

From sesqui- (“one and a half, a ratio of three to two”) + chloride.

Questions about sesquichloride

What does sesquichloride mean?
Sesquichloride means any chloride containing three chlorine atoms for every two atoms of another element.
What part of speech is sesquichloride?
Sesquichloride is a noun.
What is the plural of sesquichloride?
The plural of sesquichloride is sesquichlorides.

Words near sesquichloride in the dictionary

  1. sesquicentenary
  2. sesquicentennial
  3. sesquicentennially
  4. sesquicentennials
  5. sesquicentury
  6. sesquichloride
  7. sesquichlorides
  8. sesquidecennial
  9. sesquidiurnal
  10. sesquiduple
  11. sesquiduplicate

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