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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

chlorohydrins

Subject Category: W Physical and Chemical Sciences
Definition: Any of the compounds derived from a group of glycols or polyhydroxy alcohols by chlorine substitution for part of the hydroxyl groups.
Definition Source: Medical Subject Headings 2015
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/260998.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/260998
Used For: chlorhydrins
Broader Term: alcohols
Narrower Term: alpha-chlorohydrin; chlorobutanol
Spanish: clorohidrinas
Term Number: 260998

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