calomel
calomel · calomels
каломель
Mercurous chloride Hg₂Cl₂, formerly used as a laxative and disinfectant and to treat…Mercurous chloride Hg₂Cl₂, formerly used as a laxative and disinfectant and to treat syphilis.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Mercurous chloride Hg₂Cl₂, formerly used as a laxative and disinfectant and to treat syphilis.
каломе́льkalomélʹ
More definitions
- a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
mercurous chloride:
Origin
From French calomel.From French calomel.
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Forms
plural: calomelsSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic:mercurous chloride
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedcalomel electrode
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.