Clayton, T. A. 19th-century British chemist who invented the apparatus for generating the gas known as Clayton gas.
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Clayton gas
noun Clay·ton gas \ˈklāt-ən-\
Medical Definition of CLAYTON GAS
: a poisonous gas mixture used on ships for exterminating vermin
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