sesquichloride

English

Etymology

From sesqui- (“one and a half, a ratio of three to two”) +‎ chloride.

Noun

sesquichloride (plural sesquichlorides)

1. (chemistry) Any chloride containing three chlorine atoms for every two atoms of another element.
   • 1936, Collected Papers of the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation, page 466:

     I had read of some remedies that were injected into the gland to leatherize the tissue and check the over-active circulation of the gland, so I tried injecting sesquichloride of iron in a few cases.