Meaning Of The Word Lewisite

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lewisite in American English
a pale-yellow, odorless arsenical compound, ClCH=CHAsCl2, used as a blistering poison gas
noun: a pale yellow, odorless compound, C2 H2AsCl3, used as a blister gas in World War I

lewisite in British English
noun: a colourless oily poisonous liquid with an odour resembling that of geraniums, having a powerful vesicant action and used as a war gas; 1-chloro-2-dichloroarsinoethene. Formula: ClCH:CHAsCl2

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