calomel

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Noun calomel has 1 sense

calomel, mercurous chloride - a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
--₁ is a kind of chloride
--₁ is a substance of blackwash, black lotion
--₁ has substances:
mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80

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Calomel

Noun

1. A white, tasteless powder, usually used in medicine as a purgative or as an antiseptic.

Example sentence: The doctor prescribed calomel to treat the patient's constipation.

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Adjective

1. Pertaining to or containing calomel.

Example sentence: The calomel solution was applied as an antiseptic to clean the wound.

Verb

1. To treat or use calomel as a medicine.

Example sentence: The doctor decided to calomelize the patient for proper treatment.

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