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Chlo"rite, n. [Chlorous +
-ite.] (Chem.) Any salt of chlorous acid; as,
chlorite of sodium.

Chlo*rit"ic (?), a. [From 1st
Chlorite.] Pertaining to, or containing, chlorite;
as, chloritic sand.

Chlor`meth"ane (?), n.
(Chem.) A colorless gas, CH₃Cl, of a sweet
odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl
chloride.

Chlo"ro- (?). (Chem.) A prefix denoting
that chlorine is an ingredient in the substance
named.

Chlo`ro*cru"o*rin (?), n. [Gr.
chlwro`s light green + E. cruorin.]
(Physiol.) A green substance, supposed to be the
cause of the green color of the blood in some species of
worms. Ray Lankester.

Chlo"ro*dyne (?), n. [From
chlorine, in imitation of anodyne.] (Med.)
A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform,
Indian hemp, etc.

Chlo"ro*form (?), n.
[Chlorine + formyl, it having been regarded as a
trichloride of this radical: cf. F. chloroforme, G.
chloroform.


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