See Also: pneumococcolysis(medicine)

phosgene (iou) and pneumococcolysis (medicine)


phosgene (iou)



phosgene noun. E19.
[from Greek phos light + -GENE.]
A colourless gas, COCl2, used as a poison gas and as an intermediate in the manufacture of some synthetic resins and organic chemicals; carbonyl chloride.

pneumococcolysis (medicine)


pneumococcolysis
Lysis or destruction of pneumococci.

Origin: pneumococcus + G. Lysis, dissolution