See Also: lewisite(medicine)
lewisite(dictionary)
British anti-Lewisite(medicine)

lewisite (iou)



lewisite noun. E20.
[from Winford Lee Lewis (1878-1943), US chemist + -ITE1.]
A powerful vesicant and respiratory irritant developed for use in chemical warfare; 2-chlorovinyldichloroarsine, ClCHCHAsCl2, a dark oily liquid or vapour.