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chloropicrin definition

chloro·pic·rin (klôr′ō pik′rin)

noun

a colorless liquid, CClNO, prepared by treating chloroform with concentrated nitric acid, and used in chemical warfare as a poison gas, and in insecticides, fungicides, etc.

Etymology: chloro- + picr(ic acid) + -in

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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