calomel

3 definitions found

calomel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aquila \Aq"ui*la\, n.; pl. Aquil[ae]. [L., an eagle.]
     1. (Zool.) A genus of eagles.
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     2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and
        Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
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     Aquila alba [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of
        calomel. --Brande & C.
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  Calomel \Cal"o*mel\ (k[a^]l"[-o]*m[e^]l), n. [Gr. kalo`s
     beautiful + me`las black. So called from its being white,
     though made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive
     sublimate. Cf. F. calom['e]las.] (Chem.)
     Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or
     yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used
     in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride.
     It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver.
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calomel - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  calomel
      n 1: a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a
           cathartic [syn: calomel, mercurous chloride]