Medical Definition of Beta-chlorovinyldichloroarsine

1. C2H2AsCl3; dichloro(2-chlorovinyl)arsine;a war gas. It is a vesicant, a lung irritant like mustard gas, a systemic poison entering the circulation through the lungs or skin, and a mitotic poison arresting mitosis in the metaphase; dimercaprol is the antidote. Synonym: beta-chlorovinyldichloroarsine. Origin: W. Lee Lewis, U.S. Chemist 1898-1943 (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beta-chlorovinyldichloroarsine

beta-amino acids
beta-aminoisobutyrate:pyruvate aminotransferase
beta-aminoisobutyric acid
beta-aminoisobutyric acid oxidase
beta-amylase
beta-amyloid
beta-aspartyl(acetylglucosamine)
beta-aspartyldipeptidase
beta-beam
beta-blocker
beta-carboline-2-N-methyltransferase
beta-carotene
beta-carotene cleavage enzyme
beta-carotene hydroxylase
beta-cell src-homology tyrosine kinase
beta-chlorovinyldichloroarsine (current term)
beta-corticotropin
beta-cortol
beta-cortolone
beta-cyclohexenyl carotenoid epoxidase
beta-cyclopiazonate dehydrogenase
beta-cystathionase
beta-d-galactosidase
beta-d-glucosidase
beta-d-glucuronidase
beta-d-glucuronidase deficiency
beta-endorphin
beta-farnesene
beta-farnesene synthase

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