chloralide

noun

chlo·​ral·​ide

ˈklōrəˌlīd,

-lə̇d

plural -s

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

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary chloral + -ide; originally formed as German chloralid

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