CALOMEL

n.A preparation of mercury, much used in medicine. It is called the submuriate or protochloride of mercury, and is prepared in various ways, by sublimation or precipitation, and also in the dry way. The following are the directions given in the last London Pharmacopoeia. Take of muriated quicksilver one pound, and of purified quicksilver, nine ounces; rub them together till the globules disappear; then sublime, and repeat the sublimation twice more successively.

CALOMEL

Cal "o *mel, n. Etym: [Gr. calomélas.] (Chem. )

calomel

cal o mel |ˈkaləməl, -ˌmel ˈkæləməl | ▶noun a white powder used as a purgative and a fungicide. Also called mercuric chloride. [Chem. formula: Hg 2 Cl 2. ] ORIGIN late 17th cent.: modern Latin, perhaps from Greek kalos ‘beautiful ’ + melas ‘black ’ (perhaps because it was originally obtained from a black mixture of mercury and mercuric chloride ).

calomel

calomel |ˈkaləmɛl | ▶noun [ mass noun ] mercurous chloride, a white powder formerly used as a purgative. ●Chem. formula: Hg 2 Cl 2. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: modern Latin, perhaps from Greek kalos ‘beautiful ’ + melas ‘black ’ (perhaps because it was originally obtained from a black mixture of mercury and mercuric chloride ).

calomel

calomel nombre masculino Calomelanos .

calomelanos

calomelanos nombre masculino Cloruro de mercurio empleado antiguamente en el tratamiento contra las lombrices intestinales y la sífilis, y como purgante .SINÓNIMO calomel .