SINCE 1828
chloralide
noun
chlo·ral·ide
| \ ˈklōrəˌlīd, -lə̇d\
plural -s
Definition of chloralide
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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