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noun - a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
noun - a chemical compound used as a purgative
CALOMEL - Calomel is a mercury chloride mineral with formula (Hg2)2+Cl2 (see mercury(I) chloride). The name derives from Greek kalos (beautiful) and melos (bla...
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| A colorless, white or brown tasteless compound, Hg2Cl2, used as a purgative and insecticide. Also called mercurous chloride. |
| mercurous chloride, a white powder formerly used as a purgative. |
| a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic |
| Mercurous chloride, a white powder formerly used as a purgative. |
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| Calomel is a mercury chloride mineral with formula (Hg2)2+Cl2 (see mercury(I) chloride). The name derives from Greek kalos (beautiful) and melos (black) because it turns black on reaction with ammonia. This was known to alchemists.Calomel occurs as a secondary mineral which forms as an alteration product in mercury deposits. It occurs with native mercury, amalgam, cinnabar, mercurian tetrahedrite, eglestonite, terlinguaite, montroydite, kleinite, moschelite, kadyrelite, kuzminite, chursinite, kelyanite, calcite, limonite and various clay minerals.The type locality is Moschellandsburg, Alsenz-Obermoschel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. |