carbon tetrachloride
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nounDefinition of CARBON TETRACHLORIDE
: a colorless nonflammable toxic liquid CCl4 that has an odor resembling that of chloroform and is used as a solvent and a refrigerant
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1866
carbon tetrachloride
noun (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of CARBON TETRACHLORIDE
: a colorless nonflammable toxic carcinogenic liquid CCl4 that has an odor resembling that of chloroform and is used as a solvent and a refrigerant—called also tetrachloromethane
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