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calcium hypochlorite

noun

Definition of calcium hypochlorite

: a white powder CaCl2O2 used especially as a bleaching agent and disinfectant

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 Even with washes of the bleaching agent calcium hypochlorite, no sanitation method has proven 100-percent effective at ridding seeds of pathogens. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Raw sprouts at Jimmy John’s linked to another outbreak—at least the 7th," 23 Jan. 2018

First Known Use of calcium hypochlorite

1875, in the meaning defined above

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calcium hypochlorite

noun

Medical Definition of calcium hypochlorite

: a chlorine-containing white powder CaCl2O2 used especially as a bleaching agent, disinfectant, bactericide, and fungicide

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