LEWISITE


Meaning of LEWISITE in English

/looh"euh suyt'/ , n.

a pale yellow, odorless compound, C 2 H 2 AsCl 3 , used as a blister gas in World War I.

[ 1920-25; named after Winford Lee Lewis (1878-1943), American chemist who developed it; see -ITE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .