'Corrosive sublimate' definitions:

Definition of 'corrosive sublimate'

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noun
A white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury; used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative [syn: mercuric chloride, mercury chloride, bichloride of mercury, corrosive sublimate]

Definition of 'Corrosive sublimate'

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  • Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, n. [LL. sublimatum.] (Chem.) A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained. [1913 Webster]
  • Corrosive sublimate. (Chem.) mercuric chloride. See Corrosive sublimate under Corrosive. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Corrosive sublimate'

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  • Corrosive \Cor*ro"sive\ (k?r-r?"s?v), a. [Cf. F. corrosif.]
  • 1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. "Corrosive liquors." --Grew. "Corrosive famine." --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing. [1913 Webster]
  • Care is no cure, but corrosive. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Corrosive sublimate (Chem.), mercuric chloride, HgCl2; so called because obtained by sublimation, and because of its harsh irritating action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an excellent antisyphilitic; called also {mercuric bichloride}. It is to be carefully distinguished from calomel, the mild chloride of mercury. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'corrosive sublimate'

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  • mercury bichloride \mercury bichloride\ n. the compound (HgCl2) consisting of two atoms of chlorine united with one atom of mercury. Also called {bichloride of mercury}, mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate, and mercury perchloride. It is used as "a topical antiseptic and disinfectant for inanimate objects". --Stedman's 25th [PJC]

Definition of 'corrosive sublimate'

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  • Bichloride \Bi*chlo"ride\, n. [Pref. bi- + chloride.] (Chem.) A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element; -- called also dichloride. [1913 Webster]
  • Bichloride of mercury, mercuric chloride; -- sometimes called corrosive sublimate. [1913 Webster]