| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
| given to using long words. |
electrotherapy e·lec·tro·ther·a·py (ĭ-lěk'trō-thěr'ə-pē)
n.
Medical therapy using electric currents. Also called electrotherapeutics.