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SULFUR MUSTARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sulfur mustard mean? 

SULFUR MUSTARD (noun)
  The noun SULFUR MUSTARD has 1 sense:

1. a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidoteplay

  Familiarity information: SULFUR MUSTARD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SULFUR MUSTARD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

blistering agent; dichloroethyl sulfide; mustard agent; mustard gas; sulfur mustard

Hypernyms ("sulfur mustard" is a kind of...):

poison gas (a gas that is poisonous to breath or contact; used in chemical warfare)

vesicant; vesicatory (a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas))


 Context examples 


A sulfur mustard vesicant that had application in chemical warfare, treatment of psoriasis and has been studied as an alkylating agent in cancer therapy.

(Bischloroethylsulfide, NCI Thesaurus)



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