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lewisite , liquid chemical compound used as a poison gas . Like mustard gas and nitrogen mustard, it is a blistering agent; when inhaled, it is a powerful respiratory irritant. The absorption of lewisite, which penetrates ordinary clothing and even rubber, through the skin may be fatal. Chemically, lewisite is dichloro-2-chlorovinyl arsine, ClCHCHAsCl ₂ . It boils with decomposition at 190°C, and its vapor has a faint odor of geraniums. Lewisite is neutralized by reaction with British antilewisite (2, 3-dimercapto-1-propanol). It is named after its developer, the American chemist Winford Lee Lewis.

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lewisite vesicant oily fluid. XX. f. name of the inventor, W. J. Lewis + -ITE.

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lewisite ˈlōōəˌsīt n. a dark, oily liquid producing an irritant gas that causes blisters, developed for use in chemical warfare.
1920s: named after Winford L. Lewis (1878–1943), American chemist.

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