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Meanings of Chlorites:

noun

A salt of chlorous acid, containing the anion clo2−.

Meanings of Chloritoid:

noun

A greenish-grey or black mineral resembling mica, consisting chiefly of a basic aluminosilicate of iron and found in metamorphosed clay sediments.

Usage examples:

The phyllites show fine-grained foliated textures and the mineral assemblage consists of chlorite, …

Meanings of Chloro:

combining form

Representing chlorine.

Usage examples:

Chloroquine

Green.

Meanings of Chlorodyne:

noun

A preparation of chloroform and morphine formerly used to relieve pain.

Usage examples:

The first major government committee of enquiry in the 20s considered only the treatment of morphin…

Meanings of Chlorofluorocarbon:

noun

Fuller form of cfc.

Meanings of Chloroform:

noun

A colourless, volatile, sweet-smelling liquid used as a solvent and formerly as a general anaesthetic.

Usage examples:

The methanol extract was evaporated and partitioned with n-hexane, benzene, trichloromethane, ethyl…

verb

Make (someone) unconscious with chloroform.

Usage examples:

They terrorized residents, often chloroforming their victims

Meanings of Chloroformed:

verb

Make (someone) unconscious with chloroform.

Usage examples:

They terrorized residents, often chloroforming their victims

noun

A colourless, volatile, sweet-smelling liquid used as a solvent and formerly as a general anaesthetic.

Usage examples:

The methanol extract was evaporated and partitioned with n-hexane, benzene, trichloromethane, ethyl…

Meanings of Chloroformic:

noun

A colourless, volatile, sweet-smelling liquid used as a solvent and formerly as a general anaesthetic.

Usage examples:

The methanol extract was evaporated and partitioned with n-hexane, benzene, trichloromethane, ethyl…

verb

Make (someone) unconscious with chloroform.

Usage examples:

They terrorized residents, often chloroforming their victims

Meanings of Chloroforming:

verb

Make (someone) unconscious with chloroform.

Usage examples:

They terrorized residents, often chloroforming their victims

noun

A colourless, volatile, sweet-smelling liquid used as a solvent and formerly as a general anaesthetic.

Usage examples:

The methanol extract was evaporated and partitioned with n-hexane, benzene, trichloromethane, ethyl…

Meanings of Chloroforms:

verb

Make (someone) unconscious with chloroform.

Usage examples:

They terrorized residents, often chloroforming their victims

noun

A colourless, volatile, sweet-smelling liquid used as a solvent and formerly as a general anaesthetic.

Usage examples:

The methanol extract was evaporated and partitioned with n-hexane, benzene, trichloromethane, ethyl…

Meanings of Chloromelanite:

noun

A greenish-black variety of jadeite containing a high proportion of iron.

Usage examples:

Deep green to greenish-black varieties are called chloromelanite and are colored by iron.

Meanings of Chloromycetin:

noun

Proprietary term for chloramphenicol.

Meanings of Chlorophyll:

noun

A green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, which is responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis.

Usage examples:

The green colouring comes from chlorophyll, the same pigment that is found in foliage.

Meanings of Chloroplast:

noun

A plastid in green plant cells which contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.

Usage examples:

Fluorescence of guard cell chloroplasts was imaged when plants were at approximately the six-leaf s…

Meanings of Chloroplastid:

noun

A plastid in green plant cells which contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.

Usage examples:

Fluorescence of guard cell chloroplasts was imaged when plants were at approximately the six-leaf s…

Meanings of Chloroplasts:

noun

A plastid in green plant cells which contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.

Usage examples:

Fluorescence of guard cell chloroplasts was imaged when plants were at approximately the six-leaf s…

Meanings of Chloroprene:

noun

A colourless liquid made from acetylene and hydrochloric acid and polymerized to form neoprene.

Usage examples:

The product of the reaction was 2-chlorobutadiene, called chloroprene because of its similarity to …

Meanings of Chloroquine:

noun

A synthetic drug related to quinoline, used against malaria.

Usage examples:

Doctors treat malaria by using anti-malarial drugs, such as chloroquine or quinine.

Meanings of Chlorosis:

noun

Loss of the normal green coloration of leaves of plants, caused by iron deficiency in lime-rich soils, disease, or lack of light.

Usage examples:

Like their plant-sucking cousins, whiteflies pierce leaf tissues causing noticeable wilting, chloro…

Meanings of Chlorothiazide:

noun

A synthetic drug used to treat fluid retention and high blood pressure.

Usage examples:

Drugs such as alkylating agents, antimetabolites, anticonvulsants, chlorothiazide diuretics and est…

Meanings of Chlorpromazine:

noun

A synthetic drug used as a tranquillizer, sedative, and anti-emetic. it is a phenothiazine derivative.

Usage examples:

Treatment of delirium requires use of neuroleptic drugs, such as haloperidol and chlorpromazine, no…

Meanings of Chlortetracycline:

noun

An antibiotic of the tetracycline group, active against many bacterial and fungal infections.

Usage examples:

These include the antibiotics polymyxin b sulfate, streptomycin sulfate, chlortetracycline hydrochl…

Meanings of Chm:

abbreviation

Master of surgery.

Usage examples:

After a two-year research fellowship at the centre for hip surgery at wrightington hospital, he was…

Meanings of Choanocyte:

noun

A flagellated cell with a collar of protoplasm at the base of the flagellum, numbers of which line the internal chambers of sponges.

Usage examples:

Water movement is driven by the beating of flagellae, which are located on specialized cells called…

Meanings of Chocho:

noun

Another term for chayote.