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Bischloroethylsulfide
Definition 1
A sulfur mustard vesicant that had application in chemical warfare, treatment of psoriasis and has been studied as an alkylating agent in cancer therapy. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed). (NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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