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1. (n.) calomel
a white, tasteless powder, Hg
Etymology: (1670–80; < NL calomelas)
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1. (noun) calomel, mercurous chloride
a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
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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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