heptachlor
noun
hep·ta·chlor ˈhep-tə-ˌklȯr 
: a cyclodiene chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide C10H5Cl7 that causes liver disease in animals and is a suspected human carcinogen
Word History
Etymology
hepta- + chlorine
First Known Use
1949, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
heptachlor
noun
hep·ta·chlor ˈhep-tə-ˌklō(ə)r, -ˌklȯ(ə)r
: a persistent cyclodiene chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide C10H5Cl7 that causes liver disease in animals and is a suspected human carcinogen
- chloroprenes
- chloropsis
- chloroquine
- chloroquines
- chloroses
- chlorosilane
- chlorosis
- chlorospinel
- chlorosulfonate
- chlorosulfonic acid
- chlorothalonil
- chlorothiazide
- chlorothiazides
- chlorothionite
- chlorotic
- chlorotic streak
- chloroxiphite
- chloroxyla
- chloroxylons
- chlorozincate
- chlorpheniramine
- chlorphenol red
- chlorpicrin
- chlorpicrins
- chlorpromazine