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MERCUROUS

• MERCUROUS (adjective)
The adjective MERCUROUS has 1 sense:

1. of or containing mercury

Familiarity information: MERCUROUS used as an adjective is very rare.

• MERCUROUS (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Of or containing mercury

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

mercuric; mercurous

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Pertainym:

mercury (a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures)

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