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LUNAR CAUSTIC
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Silver nitrate fused into sticks and formerly used as a caustic
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Hypernyms ("lunar caustic" is a kind of...):
silver nitrate (a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent)