calomel
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A white powder used as a purgative and a fungicide,
/ˈkaləməl/,/-ˌmel/,
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A white powder used as a purgative and a fungicide,
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A white powder used as a purgative and a fungicide
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- a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
- Mercury(I) chloride is the chemical compound with the formula Hg2Cl2. Also known as calomel (a mineral form, rarely found in nature) or mercurous chloride, this dense white or yellowish-white, odorless solid is the principal example of a mercury(I) compound. ...
- mercurous chloride Hg2Cl2
- To dream of calomel shows some person is seeking to deceive and injure you through the unconscious abetting of friends. For a young woman to dream of taking it, foretells that she will be victimized through the artful designing of persons whom she trusts. ...
- (n.): a laxative; often used as a cure for intestinal worms
- was one of the most widely prescribed drugs during the first half of the 1800’s, and was amongst the medicinal supplies taken with the Lewis and Clark expedition. Calomel is mercurous chloride, in the form of a white insoluble powder, which is now used as a fungicide. ...
- “That all can be set right with calomel…” Mercurous chloride, a white tasteless powder, mildly toxic, used in Victorian times as a purgative.