lunar-caustic
lunar caustic
noun Medicine/Medical, Chemistry.
silver nitrate, AgNO 3 , especially in a sticklike mold, used to cauterize tissues.
Origin:
1790–1800
1790–1800
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| lunar caustic | |
| —n | |
| silver nitrate fused into sticks, which were formerly used in cauterizing | |
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