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1. (n.) mustard gas
an oily liquid, C
Etymology: (1915–20; so called from its mustardlike odor)
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1. (noun) mustard gas, mustard agent, blistering agent, dichloroethyl sulfide, sulfur mustard
a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote
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1. mustard gas
Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).
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