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sesquichlorides

sesquichlorides is the plural of sesquichloride.

Meaning of sesquichloride

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

Questions about sesquichlorides

What is sesquichlorides the plural of?
Sesquichlorides is the plural of sesquichloride.

Words near sesquichlorides in the dictionary

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

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