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chloral

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(klôr′əl)

noun

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

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

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noun

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

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Origin: chlor(ine)

Origin: + al(cohol)

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