"Chlorine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A greenish-yellow, diatomic gas that is a member of the halogen family of elements. It has the atomic symbol Cl, atomic number 17, and atomic weight 70.906. It is a powerful irritant that can cause fatal pulmonary edema. Chlorine is used in manufacturing, as a reagent in synthetic chemistry, for water purification, and in the production of chlorinated lime, which is used in fabric bleaching.
| Descriptor ID |
D002713
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.380.150 D01.362.225
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