phosgene has definitions from the field of chemistry
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a colorless poisonous gas that smells like new-mown hay; used in chemical warfare

Used in print

(Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)

When typical reaction cells to which 0.3 of an atmosphere of oxygen had been added were illuminated , chlorine and phosgene were produced .

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gas

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