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/trʌɪˌklɔːrəʊˈɛθɪliːn/ · noun
(organic chemistry) The unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon CCl₂=CHCl used as an industrial solvent and formerly as an anaesthetic..
The nurse gave the woman in labour trichloroethylene, a chemical also used to clean metal parts.
Use trichloroethylene when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Trichloroethylene means (organic chemistry) The unsaturated chlorinated hydrocarbon CCl₂=CHCl used as an industrial solvent and formerly as an anaesthetic..
Common synonyms include TCE, trichloroethene.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The nurse gave the woman in labour trichloroethylene, a chemical also used to clean metal parts.
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