halide

Noun
  1. A salt of any halogen acid (synset 114928510)
    is a type of: salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
    subtypes:
    • bromide - any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
    • fluoride - a salt of hydrofluoric acid
    • iodide - a salt or ester of hydriodic acid
    • chloride - any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)
    • tetrahalide - any halide containing four halogen atoms in its molecules

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