Medical Dictionary
phenylmercuric acetate
noun
Medical Definition of PHENYLMERCURIC ACETATE
: a crystalline salt C8H8HgO2 made by reaction of benzene with acetate of bivalent mercury in alcoholic solution and used chiefly as a fungicide and herbicide
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