calomel

Noun
  1. A tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic (synset 114975076)
    is a type of: chloride - any compound containing a chlorine atom
    substance holonym: atomic number 80, hg, hydrargyrum, mercury, quicksilver - a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
    substance meronym: black lotion, blackwash - a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores
    same as: mercurous chloride

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