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yperite|ˈiːpəraɪt|
[ad. F. ypérite, f. Ypres, name of the town in Belgium where the gas was first used, in 1917: see -ite1.]
= mustard gas s.v. mustard n. 4 c.
1919Chem. Abstracts XIII. 3063 (heading) Yperite and poisonous gases. 1940Times 17 Aug. 4/4 Dr. Gerard C. Savoy, of Lausanne, has produced a preparation which is the most efficient known antidote to yperite (mustard gas). Ibid., Fifty per cent. of the yperite present in the wound is destroyed after one hour. 1979Microbiology XLVIII. 246 Nitrous yperite and other alkylating substances with a radiomimetic effect can inhibit cell division in Escherichia coli B. |