benzethonium chloride

[ben-zuh-thoh-nee-uhm]

ben·ze·tho·ni·um chlo·ride

[ben-zuh-thoh-nee-uhm]
noun Chemistry.
a colorless, water-soluble, crystalline solid, ammonium chloride derivative, (C27H42O2N)Cl⋅H2O, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
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a vessel, commonly a glass bulb with a long neck bent downward, used for distilling or decomposing substances by heat
a compound of high molecular weight made by adding many smaller molecules or by condensation smaller molecules with the elimination of water or alcohol
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benzethonium chloride ben·ze·tho·ni·um chloride (běn'zə-thō'nē-əm)
n.
A synthetic quaternary ammonium compound used as a germicide and bacteriostat.

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