BICHLORIDE OF MERCURY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury; used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative

Synonyms:

bichloride of mercury; corrosive sublimate; mercuric chloride; mercury chloride

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("bichloride of mercury" is a kind of...):

sublimate (the product of vaporization of a solid)

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