See Also: chlorohydrins(medicine)

wailsome (iou) and chlorohydrins (medicine)


wailsome (iou)



wailsome adjective. rare. M16.
[from WAIL noun, verb + -SOME1.]
That is to be bewailed. Only in M16.
Having a wailing sound. L19.

chlorohydrins (medicine)


chlorohydrins


Any of the compounds derived from a group of glycols or polyhydroxy alcohols by chlorine substitution for part of the hydroxyl groups.