bichloride

American  

[bahy-klawr-ahyd, -id, -klohr-] / baɪˈklɔr aɪd, -ɪd, -ˈkloʊr- /

noun

Chemistry.

1. dichloride.

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bichloride British  

/ baɪˈklɔːraɪd /

noun

1. another name for dichloride

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Etymology

Origin of bichloride

First recorded in 1800–10; bi- ¹ + chloride

Example Sentences

The best practical antiseptic for sanitary purposes is cleanliness; the best disinfectants are heat, bichloride of mercury, sulphate of iron, chloride of zinc, sulphurous acid, chlorine, sunlight, and pure air, and, for yellow fever, cold.

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After anointing, you had better wash your hands carefully in water in which a bichloride of mercury tablet has been dissolved—do not use soap and do not put the bichloride in a metal vessel.

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He also published his method of bleaching positives and intensifying negatives with bichloride of mercury.

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Be careful of the bichloride of mercury, because it is a poison.

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They made a series of observations on the bactericidal action of various salts of mercury, the bichloride, the bibromide, and the bicyanide, on the spores of Bacillus anthracis.

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