ethylene tetrachloride

  • 1ethylene tetrachloride — noun anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes • Syn: ↑tetrachlorethylene, ↑tetrachloroethylene, ↑carbon dichloride • Hypernyms: ↑vermifuge, ↑anthelmintic, ↑anthelminthic, ↑helminthic …

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  • 2Ethylene oxide — Oxirane redirects here. For oxiranes as a class of molecules, see epoxide. Ethylene oxide …

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  • 3ethylene — An explosive constituent of ordinary illuminating gas; hastens ripening of fruit. e. oxide a fumigant, used for cold sterilization of surgical instruments. SYN: oxirane. e. tetrachloride SYN: tetrachlorethylene. * * * eth·yl·ene eth ə .lēn …

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  • 4tetrachlorethylene — An anthelmintic against hookworm and other nematodes. SYN: carbon dichloride, ethylene tetrachloride, tetrachloroethylene …

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  • 5anthelminthic — I noun a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms • Syn: ↑vermifuge, ↑anthelmintic, ↑helminthic • Derivationally related forms: ↑helminthic (for: ↑helminthic …

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  • 6carbon dichloride — noun anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes • Syn: ↑tetrachlorethylene, ↑tetrachloroethylene, ↑ethylene tetrachloride • Hypernyms: ↑vermifuge, ↑anthelmintic, ↑anthelminthic, ↑helmint …

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  • 7helminthic — I noun a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms • Syn: ↑vermifuge, ↑anthelmintic, ↑anthelminthic • Derivationally related forms: ↑anthelminthic (for: ↑ …

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  • 8tetrachlorethylene — noun anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes • Syn: ↑tetrachloroethylene, ↑ethylene tetrachloride, ↑carbon dichloride • Hypernyms: ↑vermifuge, ↑anthelmintic, ↑anthelminthic, ↑helminthic …

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  • 9tetrachloroethylene — noun anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes • Syn: ↑tetrachlorethylene, ↑ethylene tetrachloride, ↑carbon dichloride • Hypernyms: ↑vermifuge, ↑anthelmintic, ↑anthelminthic, ↑helminthic …

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  • 10hydrocarbon — hydrocarbonaceous, adj. /huy dreuh kahr beuhn, huy dreuh kahr /, n. any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH4, an alkene, ethylene, C2H4, an alkyne, acetylene, C2H2, or an aromatic compound,… …

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