chlo·ride
n 1 : a compound of chlorine with another element or radical : esp : a salt or ester of hydrochloric acid - called also muriate 2 : a monovalent anion consisting at one atom of chlorine .
Similar sounding terms: chlo·rate chlo·rite chol·er·oid
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