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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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Chloride 76% connected

A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).

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Blackwash 70% connected

A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.

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Hydrargyrum 70% connected

Quicksilver; mercury.

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Mercury 70% connected

A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower…

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Quicksilver 70% connected

The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.

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Acceptor noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated

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Breakdown noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Buffer noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH

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Chemical compound noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

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Chemical decomposition reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Chemical group noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Chemical reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the gro…

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Compound noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

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Decomposition noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Decomposition reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Displacement noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

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Displacement reaction noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

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Electrolysis noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions

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Foryml noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes

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Group noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Monad noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) an atom having a valence of one

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Periodic table noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) a tabular arrangement of the chemical elements according to atomic number as based on the periodic law

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Radical noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Amalgam noun · 78% connection

an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all m…

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Amalgamation noun · 78% connection

The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver f…

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Aurochloride noun · 78% connection

The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate.

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Cerasin noun · 78% connection

A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; -- called also meta-arabinic acid.

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Chelation noun · 78% connection

(medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning

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Chloridate verb · 78% connection

To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography.

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Chloridic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a chloride; containing a chloride.

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Coagulation noun · 78% connection

The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the…

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Fibrin noun · 78% connection

A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of fibrinogen, or from the unio…

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Fluorescein noun · 78% connection

a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium…

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Globulin noun · 78% connection

An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with…

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Heavy superl. · 78% connection

Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects…

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