Definition of calomel Calomel
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What does calomel mean?
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NounPlural: calomels |
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| calomel - a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic | ||
| mercurous chloride | ||
| chloride any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion) | ||
| black lotion, blackwash a wash that colors a surface black | ||
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- calomel (Noun)
mercurous chloride Hg2Cl2.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- calomel (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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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calomel
kal′ō-mel, n. the popular name of one of the compounds of mercury and chlorine, much used in medicine. [Fr. calomel, which Littré derives from Gr. kalos, fair, melas, black.]
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🔤- calomel, noun, singular of calomels.
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