- Javellewater
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Ja·velle water also Ja·vel water (zhə-vĕlʹ)
n.
An aqueous solution of potassium or sodium hypochlorite, used as a disinfectant and bleaching agent.[Translation of French eau de Javel, after Javel, a former town of north-central France, now a section of Paris.]
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Universalium. 2010.