methylene chloride


noun Chemistry.

a colorless, volatile liquid, CH2Cl2, used chiefly as a solvent, as a refrigerant, and as a local anesthetic in dentistry.
Also called methylene dichloride, dichloromethane.

Origin of methylene chloride

First recorded in 1875–80

British Dictionary definitions for methylene chloride

methylene chloride

noun

another name for dichloromethane