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 Definitions of calomel  [ˈkæl əˌmɛl, -məl]  

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Definition of 'calomel' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) calomel
a white, tasteless powder, Hg

Etymology:  (1670–80; < NL calomelas)

Definition of 'calomel' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) calomel, mercurous chloride
a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic


Definition of 'calomel' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) calomel
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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