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MERCUROUS CHLORIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
Synonyms:
calomel; mercurous chloride
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mercurous chloride" is a kind of...):
chloride (any compound containing a chlorine atom)
Meronyms (substance of "mercurous chloride"):
atomic number 80; Hg; hydrargyrum; mercury; quicksilver (a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures)
Holonyms ("mercurous chloride" is a substance of...):
black lotion; blackwash (a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores)
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