Carbonyl chloride; a colorless liquid below 8.2°C, but an extremely poisonous gas at ordinary temperatures; it is an insidious gas, since it is not immediately irritating, even when fatal concentrations are inhaled; more than 80% of World War I chemical agent fatalities were caused by p..
- p. oxime (CX) a blister agent stored by the military of some governments; a powerful irritant that produces immediate pain. SYN: dichloroformoxime.
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phos·gene 'fäz-.jēn n a colorless gas COCl2 of unpleasant odor that is a severe respiratory irritant and has been used in chemical warfare
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a poisonous gas developed during World War I. It is a choking agent, acting on the lungs to produce oedema, with consequent respiratory and cardiac failure.
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phos·gene (fosґjēn) carbonic dichloride, CCl2O; a highly toxic, colorless gas that causes rapidly fatal pulmonary edema or pneumonia on inhalation; used in the synthesis of a number of organic compounds and formerly used as a war gas.Medical dictionary. 2011.