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TRICHLOROETHANE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trichloroethane mean?
• TRICHLOROETHANE (noun)
The noun TRICHLOROETHANE has 1 sense:
1. a heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage
Familiarity information: TRICHLOROETHANE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
TCE; trichloroethane; trichloroethylene
Hypernyms ("trichloroethane" is a kind of...):
ethene; ethylene (a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic)
Context examples
A synthetic derivative of the insecticide dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) with anti-adrenocorticoid properties.
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