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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Containing oxygen and chlorin united to the same element or radical.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or designating in general, certain compounds containing oxygen and chlorine.
  • adjective Formerly designating an acid now called perchloric acid. See perchloric.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective chemistry Containing both oxygen and chlorine.

Etymologies

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oxy- +‎ chloric

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