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Phosgene

phosgene

(Science: chemistry) Producing, or produced by, the action of light; formerly used specifically to designate a gas now called carbonyl chloride. See Carbonyl.

Origin: Gr. Light _ the root of to be born: cf. F. Phosgene.


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