calomel - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'calomel' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Calomel

[ n.]

- Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver.

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