chloral

(klôrəl)

noun

  1. a thin, oily, colorless liquid, CClCHO, with a pungent odor, prepared by the action of chlorine on alcohol: used in the manufacture of DDT
  2. chloral hydrate

Origin: chlor(o)- + al(cohol)

See chloral in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A colorless, mobile, oily aldehyde, CCl3CHO, a penetrating lung irritant, used to manufacture DDT and chloral hydrate.

Origin:

Origin: chlor(ine)

Origin: + al(cohol)

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