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British An|ti-Lew|is|ite — «AN tee LOO uhsyt», = BAL. (Cf. ↑BAL) … Useful english dictionary
lew — cur·lew; lew·is; lew·i·sia; lew·i·sian; lew·is·son; lew·is s; lew·is·ton·ite; phil·li·lew; lew; lew·is·ite; whil·li·lew; … English syllables
ite — ad·am·ite; ax·um·ite; bed·lam·ite; camp·bell·ite; ca·naan·ite; church·ite; com·pos·ite; cush·ite; ephra·im·ite; ex·quis·ite; fa·vor·ite; gra·ham·ite; graph·ite; ha·math·ite; hash·im·ite; him·yar·ite; hit·ler·ite; huss·ite; ib·sen·ite;… … English syllables
lewisite — lew·is·ite … English syllables
lewisite — lew•is•ite [[t]ˈlu əˌsaɪt[/t]] n. chem. a pale yellow, odorless compound, C2H2AsCl3, used as a vesicant in World War I • Etymology: 1920–25; after Winford Lee Lewis (1878–1943), U.S. chemist who developed it; see ite I … From formal English to slang
is — is·ti·o·phor·i·dae; is·ti·oph·o·rus; is·tle; jan·is·sary; jar·gon·is·tic; jef·fer·is·ite; jour·nal·is·tic; kak·is·toc·ra·cy; kar·y·or·rhex·is; la·bor·is·tic; le·gal·is·tic; leg·is·late; leg·is·la·tion; leg·is·la·tive·ly; leg·is·la·tor;… … English syllables
lewisite — A war gas. It is a vesicant, a lung irritant like mustard gas, a systemic poison entering the circulation through the lungs or skin, and a mitotic poison arresting mitosis in the metaphase; … Medical dictionary
Britishanti-lewisite — British an·ti lew·is·ite (ăn tē lo͞oʹĭ sīt , ăn tī ) n. Abbr. BAL See dimercaprol. * * * … Universalium
antilewisite — SYN: dimercaprol. * * * an·ti·lew·is·ite (an″tĭ looґĭ sīt) dimercaprol; called also British antilewisite, or BAL … Medical dictionary
British anti-Lewisite — SYN: dimercaprol. * * * Brit·ish an·ti lew·is·ite brit ish .ant ē lü ə .sīt, .an .tī n DIMERCAPROL W. L. Lewis see LEWISITE * * * (BAL) see … Medical dictionary
