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CALOMEL logo #10101) Mercurychloride
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Calomel

Calomel logo #10101) Chloride 2) French word used in English 3) Fungicide base 4) Halide mineral 5) Mercurous chloride 6) Withdrawn drug
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Calomel

Calomel logo #21002• (n.) Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver.
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calomel

calomel logo #21003a very heavy, soft, white, sweetish-tasting halide mineral, formed by the alteration of other mercury minerals, such as cinnabar or amalgams. Calomel ... [2 related articles]
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calomel

calomel logo #20973HgCl;mild mercury chloride; mercury monochloride, protochloride, or subchloride; has been used as an intestinal antiseptic and laxative; replaced by safer agents. ... Synonym: mercurous chloride, sweet precipitate. ... Origin: Mediev. L., fr. G. Kalos, beutiful, + melas, black ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Calomel

Calomel logo #20972Cal'o·mel (kăl'o*mĕl) noun [ Greek kalo`s beautiful + me`las black. So called from its being white, though made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive sublimate. Confer French calomélas .] (Chemistry) Mild chloride of mercury, Hg 2 Cl
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calomel

calomel logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: kal′ō-mel Definitions: 1. Mild mercury chloride; mercury monochloride, protochloride, or subchloride; has been used as an intestinal antiseptic and laxative; replaced by safer agents. Synonyms: mercurous chloride, sweet precipitate
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Calomel

Calomel logo #21217Calomel (meaning beautiful black) is a mild chloride of mercury. It is a heavy, white or yellowish-white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs in nature as the mineral horn quicksilver and is prepared synthetically by subliming a mixture of mercury and mercuric chloride...
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Calomel

Calomel logo #23204Mercurous chloride
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Calomel

Calomel logo #23201Mercury(I) chloride
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calomel

calomel logo #20400[n] - a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
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calomel

calomel logo #20974mercurous chloride noun a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
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Calomel

Calomel logo #23719(Mercury Chloride) Calomel is a somewhat rare mineral and is never found in large quantities. It is most often a secondary mineral that forms from the alteration of cinnabar or other mercury minerals. It also is deposited from hot underground solutions. Its common habit is as coatings on other minerals. The luster is very hig...
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