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phosgene /phos·gene/ (fos´jen) a suffocating and highly poisonous gas, carbonyl chloride, COCl2, which causes rapidly fatal pulmonary edema or pneumonia on inhalation; used in the synthesis of organic compounds and formerly as a war gas.

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A colorless volatile liquid or gas used as a poison gas and in making dyes.

phosgene

a suffocating and highly poisonous war gas, carbonyl chloride, COCl₂.

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