sesquichloride
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
sesqui- (“one and a half, a ratio of three to two”) + chloride.
Noun[edit]
sesquichloride (plural sesquichlorides)
- (chemistry) Any chloride containing three chlorine atoms for every two atoms of another element.
- 1936, Collected Papers of the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation, page 466:
- I had read of some remedies that were injected into the gland to leatherize the tissue and check the over-active circulation of the gland, so I tried injecting sesquichloride of iron in a few cases.