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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

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

There is, however, one of the bichloride of mercury processes, published some years ago, which I modified so as to give the most satisfactory results.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John

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