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hexachloroethane

noun
hexa路​chlo路​ro路​eth路​ane | \ 藢hek-s蓹-藢kl券r-艒-藞e-藢th膩n How to pronounce hexachloroethane (audio) \
variants: or hexachlorethane \ 藢hek-​s蓹-​藢kl券r-​藞e-​藢th膩n How to pronounce hexachlorethane (audio) \

Definition of hexachloroethane

: a toxic crystalline compound C2Cl6 used especially in smoke bombs and in the control of liver flukes in ruminants

First Known Use of hexachloroethane

1898, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for hexachloroethane

International Scientific Vocabulary

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hexachloroethane

noun
hexa路​chlo路​ro路​eth路​ane | \ -藢kl艒r-蓹-藞weth-藢膩n, -藢kl券r- How to pronounce hexachloroethane (audio) \
variants: or hexachlorethane \ -​藢kl艒r-​藞eth-​藢, -​藢kl券r-​ How to pronounce hexachlorethane (audio) \

Medical Definition of hexachloroethane

: a toxic crystalline compound C2Cl6 used in the control of liver flukes in veterinary medicine