'Bichloride of mercury' definitions:
Definition of 'bichloride of mercury'
(from WordNet)
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 'Bichloride of mercury'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'bichloride of mercury'
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]