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Chlo`ro*pla*tin"ic (?), a.
(Chem.) See Platinichloric.

||Chlo*ro"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
chlwro`s light green: cf. F. chlorose.]
1. (Med.) The green sickness; an
anæmic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish
or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation,
etc.

2. (Bot.) A disease in plants,
causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their
normal green color.

Chlo*rot"ic (?), a. [Cf. F.
chlorotique.] Pertaining to, or affected by,
chlorosis.

Chlo"rous (?), a. [See
Chlorine.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or
derived from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in
which this element has a valence of three, the next lower than in
chloric compounds; as, chlorous acid,
HClO₂.

2. (Chem. Physics) Pertaining to,
or resembling, the electro-negative character of chlorine; hence,
electro-negative; -- opposed to basylous or
zincous. [Obs.]

Chlor`pi"crin (?), n.
(Chem.) A heavy, colorless liquid,
CCl₃.


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