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MERCURIC CHLORIDE

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• MERCURIC CHLORIDE (noun)
The noun MERCURIC CHLORIDE has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: MERCURIC CHLORIDE used as a noun is very rare.

• MERCURIC CHLORIDE (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("mercuric chloride" is a kind of...):

sublimate (the product of vaporization of a solid)

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