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hydrocyanic acid
noun
- a colorless, highly poisonous liquid, HCN, an aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide.
hydrocyanic acid
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noun
- another name for hydrogen cyanide, esp when in aqueous solution
hydrocyanic acid
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- An aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide, having a characteristic smell of bitter almonds.
- Also called prussic acid
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hydrocyanic acid1
Example Sentences
Kyiv, he claimed, was violating the international Chemical Weapons Convention with a variety of substances with the assistance of Western countries, including the psychochemical warfare agent BZ as well as hydrocyanic acid and cyanogen chloride.
It said no deaths from mechanical injuries were visible and all symptoms were characteristic of a chemical weapons attack, particularly choking agents and organophosphorus agents or hydrocyanic acid.
West advises dilute hydrocyanic acid, and many writers agree with him, ranking it next to belladonna.
Dr. Behr tells us that the foliage, in withering, develops hydrocyanic acid, the odor of which is quite perceptible.
There is no tetanic phase, being, as I apprehend, a condition almost reverse in objective symptoms to hydrocyanic acid or strychnia.
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