mercurous chloride

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mercurous chloride

See calomel.

mercurous chloride

(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a white tasteless insoluble powder used as a fungicide and formerly as a medical antiseptic, cathartic, and diuretic. Formula: Hg₂Cl₂ Systematic name mercury(I) chloride Also called calomel

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mercurous chloride - a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic

calomel

black lotion, blackwash - a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores

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

chloride - any compound containing a chlorine atom

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