oxychloride

[ok-si-klawr-ahyd, -id, -klohr-]

noun Chemistry.

a compound having oxygen and chlorine atoms bonded to another element, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.

Origin of oxychloride

First recorded in 1855–60; oxy-² + chloride

Related formsox·y·chlo·ric, adjective

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Historical Examples of oxychloride

There seems little doubt that the so-called dialysed iron is an oxychloride of the metal.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
The comparative freedom from taste and easy assimilation of the oxychloride of iron render it a valuable therapeutic agent.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
It turns dirty violet on exposure to air and light; in moist air it absorbs oxygen and forms an oxychloride.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3
Various
The filtered fluid gives on addition of sodic chloride a precipitate of oxychloride.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection
Alexander Wynter Blyth
This, again, is distinguished from oxychloride of antimony by its insolubility in tartaric acid.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection
Alexander Wynter Blyth