MUSTARD AGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mustard agent mean? 

• MUSTARD AGENT (noun)
  The noun MUSTARD AGENT has 1 sense:

1. a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote

  Familiarity information: MUSTARD AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSTARD AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

blistering agent; dichloroethyl sulfide; mustard agent; mustard gas; sulfur mustard

Hypernyms ("mustard agent" is a kind of...):

poison gas (a gas that is poisonous to breath or contact; used in chemical warfare)

vesicant; vesicatory (a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas))

 Context examples 

A nitrogen mustard agent that crosslinks with DNA, causing inhibition of DNA synthesis.

(Novembichin, NCI Thesaurus)

A mustard agent containing nitrogen and chlorine atoms.

(Nitrogen Mustard Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

A compound consisting of the mustard agent ifosforamide conjugated to glucose, with potential alkylating activity.

(Glufosfamide, NCI Thesaurus)