meth·yl·iso·cy·a·nate
n : an extremely toxic chemical CH3NCO that is used esp. in the manufacture of pesticides and was the cause of numerous deaths and injuries in a leak at a chemical plant in Bhopal, India, in 1984 - abbr. MIC .
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