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chlorate

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chlo·rate (klôrt)
n.
1. A salt of chloric acid containing the chlorate ion.
2. The inorganic ion ClO3-.

chlorate
as sodium or potassium chlorate, one of the original chemical herbicides but now largely superseded. Animals may be poisoned if they eat pasture or plant contaminated by the spray or the dry powder. It may also be administered accidentally because of its similarity to sodium chloride. Causes gastroenteritis with diarrhea, nitrite poisoning with anoxia and intravascular hemolysis resulting in anemic anoxia.


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