calomel
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əˌmɛl, -məl noun Pharmacology.
a white, tasteless powder, Hg 2 Cl 2 , used chiefly as a purgative and fungicide.
Also called mercurous chloride.
Origin:
1670–80; < Neo-Latin calomelas coined from Greek kaló(s) fair + mélas black; allegedly so called because its original preparation involved turning black powder into white
1670–80; < Neo-Latin calomelas coined from Greek kaló(s) fair + mélas black; allegedly so called because its original preparation involved turning black powder into white
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| a colourless tasteless powder consisting chiefly of mercurous chloride, used medicinally, esp as a cathartic. Formula: Hg2Cl2 | |
| [C17: perhaps from New Latin calomelas (unattested), literally: beautiful black (perhaps so named because it was originally sublimed from a black mixture of mercury and mercuric chloride), from Greek kalos beautiful + melas black] | |
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Word Origin & History
calomel
1670s, "mercurous chloride," from Fr. calomel, supposedly from Gk. kalos "fair" + melas "black;" but as the powder is yellowish-white this seems difficult.
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calomel cal·o·mel (kāl'ə-měl', -məl)
n.
A colorless, white or brown tasteless compound used as a purgative and an insecticide. Also called mercurous chloride.
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calomel
a very heavy, soft, white, sweetish-tasting halide mineral, formed by the alteration of other mercury minerals, such as cinnabar or amalgams. Calomel is found together with native mercury, cinnabar, calcite, limonite, and clay, at Moschellandsberg, Ger.; Zimapan, Mexico; and Brewster county, Texas, U.S. For detailed physical properties, see halide mineral (table)
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The voltage was measured with the indicator electrode described above and a saturated calomel reference electrode on a pH meter.
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