bichloride

American

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

noun

Chemistry.

dichloride.

bichloride British

/ baɪˈklɔːraɪd /

noun

another name for dichloride

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Etymology

Origin of bichloride

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

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He bought some bichloride of mercury tablets for an antiseptic footwash.

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There is small excuse for having bichloride of mercury tablets around the house nowadays as an antiseptic.

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Copious dressings of weak bichloride of mercury solution will then promote healing.

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The area to be cut was prepared for several days by "scrubbing and wrapping in bichloride solution or carbolic-soaked towels."

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Second ditto, including Archer’s collodion process, bichloride of mercury bleaching and intensifying, and gutta-percha transfer process, 1856.

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