ferric chloride

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: a deliquescent dark salt FeCl₃ that readily hydrates to the yellow-orange form and that is used especially for etching, in sewage treatment, and as an astringent

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ferric chloride

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Medical Definition of ferric chloride

: a deliquescent salt FeCl₃ that is used chiefly as an oxidizing agent, as a catalyst, as an etching agent in photoengraving, as a coagulant in treating industrial wastes, and in medicine in a water solution or tincture usually as an astringent or styptic

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