Medical Dictionary
calomel
noun cal·o·mel \ˈkal-ə-məl, -ˌmel\
Medical Definition of CALOMEL
: a white tasteless compound Hg2Cl2 used especially as a fungicide and insecticide and formerly in medicine as a purgative—called also mercurous chloride
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