'Mercuric chloride' definitions:
Definition of 'mercuric chloride'
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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 'Mercuric chloride'
From: GCIDE
- Mercuric \Mer*cu"ric\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which this element enters in its lowest proportion. [1913 Webster]
- Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate. See {mercury bichloride} and Corrosive. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mercuric chloride'
From: GCIDE
- Chloride \Chlo"ride\, n. (Chem.) A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt). [1913 Webster]
- Chloride of ammonium, sal ammoniac.
- Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOCl2, used in bleaching and disinfecting; -- called more properly calcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous.
- Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'mercuric chloride'
From: GCIDE
- 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]