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methyl chloride

noun

Medical Definition of METHYL CHLORIDE

:  a sweet-smelling gaseous compound CH3Cl made usually by the action of hydrochloric acid on methanol and used chiefly as a refrigerant and methylating agent—called also chloromethane

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