chloralide
noun
chlo·ral·ide
\ˈklōrəˌlīd, -lə̇d\
Definition of chloralide
-s
1 : a white crystalline cyclic compound C5H2Cl6O3 formed by heating chloral with trichloro-lactic acid
2 : a compound formed by the condensation of chloral with an alpha-hydroxy acid
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Origin and Etymology of chloralide
International Scientific Vocabulary chloral + -ide; originally formed as German chloralid
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