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mercuric chloride

 
–noun Chemistry.
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, strongly acrid, highly poisonous solid, HgCl2, prepared by sublimation of chlorine with mercury, and used chiefly as an antiseptic.
Also called bichloride of mercury, mercury bichloride.

Origin:
1870–75
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Main Entry: mercuric chloride
Function: noun
: a heavy crystalline poisonous compound HgCl2 used as a disinfectant and fungicide and in photography called alsobichloride, bichloride of mercury, corrosive sublimate, mercury bichloride

Main Entry: mercury bichloride
Function: noun
: MERCURIC CHLORIDE
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mercuric chloride n.
A poisonous white crystalline compound used as an antiseptic and a disinfectant.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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