'Mercurous chloride' definitions:
Definition of 'mercurous chloride'
(from WordNet)
noun
A tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic [syn: calomel, mercurous chloride]
Definition of 'Mercurous chloride'
From: GCIDE
- Mercurous \Mer*cu"rous\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury in which it is present in its highest proportion. [1913 Webster]
- Mercurous chloride. (Chem.) See Calomel. [1913 Webster]