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bichloride

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

noun

Chemistry.
  1. dichloride.


bichloride British  
/ baɪˈklɔːraɪd /

noun

  1. another name for dichloride

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of bichloride

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

Example Sentences

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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."

From Time Magazine Archive

Occasional cures are affected�in Hawaii, with Chaulmoogra oil; in the U. S. with injections of bichloride of mercury, with arsenic; X-ray treatment affects temporary relief.

From Time Magazine Archive

He developed a method of sterilizing fly eggs in mercury bichloride solution and incubating them until they hatched into sterile maggots.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The favorite remedies of this class are carbolic and salicylic acids, permanganate of potassium, chloride of zinc, bichloride of mercury, and liquor sod� chlorinat�.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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