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carbon dichloride

carbon dichloride

7.9
A medicine used to treat worm infections like hookworms
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑrbən daɪˈklɔrˌaɪd/
  • Archaic
translation icon : dicloroetano
  • Researchers studied the effectiveness of carbon dichloride against various nematode parasites.

Examples

  • The veterinarian prescribed carbon dichloride to treat the dog's hookworm infection.

  • Is carbon dichloride safe for human use?

  • Exposure to carbon dichloride should be carefully monitored in laboratory settings.

  • The laboratory used carbon dichloride for its experiments.

  • The veterinarian prescribed carbon dichloride to treat the dog's hookworm infection.

  • Researchers studied the effectiveness of carbon dichloride against various nematode parasites.

  • Exposure to carbon dichloride should be carefully monitored in laboratory settings.

Surface Forms

carbon dichloride singular
carbon dichlorides plural

Morphology

carbon + dichloride

The term is compositionally transparent: 'dichloride' denotes a compound containing two chlorine atoms, so combined with 'carbon' a learner can infer a carbon-containing compound with two chlorines (CCl2). Chemical nomenclature is regular and similar across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can derive the basic molecular meaning even if the specific pharmacological use is not apparent from the name alone.

Etymology

The noun carbon dichloride literally says what the chemical is: carbon with two chloride atoms, and the di- part means two, so the formula is CCl2. Because it is that chemical, it was used as a 'medicine' to 'treat' worm infections, so the name helps people know what the compound contains and why it was used.