chloralide
noun
chlo·ral·ide
ˈklōrəˌlīd,
-lə̇d
plural -s
1
: a white crystalline cyclic compound C5H2Cl6O3 formed by heating chloral with trichloro-lactic acid
2
: a compound formed by the condensation of chloral with an alpha-hydroxy acid
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary chloral + -ide; originally formed as German chloralid