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Mercurialis annua
(gcide) | Mercury \Mer"cu*ry\, n. [L. Mercurius; akin to merx wares.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated
by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger
of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and
god of eloquence.
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2. (Chem.) A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction
from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque,
glistening liquid (commonly called quicksilver), and is
used in barometers, thermometers, etc. Specific gravity
13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8.
Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It
was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and
designated by his symbol, [mercury].
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Note: Mercury forms alloys, called amalgams, with many
metals, and is thus used in applying tin foil to the
backs of mirrors, and in extracting gold and silver
from their ores. It is poisonous, and is used in
medicine in the free state as in blue pill, and in its
compounds as calomel, corrosive sublimate, etc. It is
the only metal which is liquid at ordinary
temperatures, and it solidifies at about -39[deg]
Centigrade to a soft, malleable, ductile metal.
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3. (Astron.) One of the planets of the solar system, being
the one nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is
about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its
diameter 3,000 miles.
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4. A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also,
a newspaper. --Sir J. Stephen. "The monthly Mercuries."
--Macaulay.
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5. Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability;
fickleness. [Obs.]
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He was so full of mercury that he could not fix long
in any friendship, or to any design. --Bp. Burnet.
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6. (Bot.) A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge
family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for
spinach, in Europe.
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Note: The name is also applied, in the United States, to
certain climbing plants, some of which are poisonous to
the skin, esp. to the Rhus Toxicodendron, or poison
ivy.
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Dog's mercury (Bot.), Mercurialis perennis, a perennial
plant differing from Mercurialis annua by having the
leaves sessile.
English mercury (Bot.), a kind of goosefoot formerly used
as a pot herb; -- called Good King Henry.
Horn mercury (Min.), a mineral chloride of mercury, having
a semitranslucent, hornlike appearance.
[1913 Webster]boys-and-girls \boys-and-girls\ n. (Bot.)
a Eurafrican annual (Mercurialis annua) naturalized in
America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative,
diuretic or antisyphilitic.
Syn: herb mercury, herbs mercury.
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Mercurialis perennis
(gcide) | Mercury \Mer"cu*ry\, n. [L. Mercurius; akin to merx wares.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated
by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger
of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and
god of eloquence.
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2. (Chem.) A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction
from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque,
glistening liquid (commonly called quicksilver), and is
used in barometers, thermometers, etc. Specific gravity
13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8.
Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It
was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and
designated by his symbol, [mercury].
[1913 Webster]
Note: Mercury forms alloys, called amalgams, with many
metals, and is thus used in applying tin foil to the
backs of mirrors, and in extracting gold and silver
from their ores. It is poisonous, and is used in
medicine in the free state as in blue pill, and in its
compounds as calomel, corrosive sublimate, etc. It is
the only metal which is liquid at ordinary
temperatures, and it solidifies at about -39[deg]
Centigrade to a soft, malleable, ductile metal.
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3. (Astron.) One of the planets of the solar system, being
the one nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is
about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its
diameter 3,000 miles.
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4. A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also,
a newspaper. --Sir J. Stephen. "The monthly Mercuries."
--Macaulay.
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5. Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability;
fickleness. [Obs.]
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He was so full of mercury that he could not fix long
in any friendship, or to any design. --Bp. Burnet.
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6. (Bot.) A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge
family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for
spinach, in Europe.
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Note: The name is also applied, in the United States, to
certain climbing plants, some of which are poisonous to
the skin, esp. to the Rhus Toxicodendron, or poison
ivy.
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Dog's mercury (Bot.), Mercurialis perennis, a perennial
plant differing from Mercurialis annua by having the
leaves sessile.
English mercury (Bot.), a kind of goosefoot formerly used
as a pot herb; -- called Good King Henry.
Horn mercury (Min.), a mineral chloride of mercury, having
a semitranslucent, hornlike appearance.
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mercurialism
(gcide) | mercurialism \mer*cu"ri*al*ism\, n. [Mercurial + -ism.] (Med.)
The syndrome produced by poisoning due to exposure to
mercury, it fumes, or its compounds; mercury poisoning.
Such exposure may occur in mining or smelting, or in using
mercurial compounds.
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Mercurialist
(gcide) | Mercurialist \Mer*cu"ri*al*ist\, n.
1. One under the influence of Mercury; one resembling Mercury
in character.
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2. (Med.) A physician who uses much mercury, in any of its
forms, in his practice.
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micromercurialism
(gcide) | micromercurialism \micromercurialism\ n. [micro + mercurialism.
Coined by the chemist A. Stock in 1926. See mercurialism.]
(1926)
A form of mercury poisoning resulting from long term exposure
to low doses of mercury. The syndrome of micromercurialism
involves complex symptoms of stress, fatigue, memory loss,
fine tremors, muscular and reflex insufficiency and low blood
pressure, caused by accumulation of mercury in the system. A
condition of hyperthermia is accompanied by a series of
functional changes under the effects of mercury. The combined
simultaneous effect of toxic action, temperature and galvanic
response infers a cycle of disintegration and change. --Work
With Mercury (1972)
Note: As proposed by Stock, the syndrome was considered as
the union of pathological changes in human body caused
by means of low concentrations (as low as 0.01 mg per
cubic meter) of mercury vapor over long exposure times
(up to 10 years).
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genus mercurialis
(wn) | genus Mercurialis
n 1: a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family
Euphorbiaceae [syn: Mercurialis, genus Mercurialis] |
mercurialis
(wn) | Mercurialis
n 1: a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family
Euphorbiaceae [syn: Mercurialis, genus Mercurialis] |
mercurialis annua
(wn) | Mercurialis annua
n 1: Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed;
formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or
antisyphilitic [syn: herb mercury, herbs mercury,
boys-and-girls, Mercurialis annua] |
mercurialis perennis
(wn) | Mercurialis perennis
n 1: European perennial weedy plant with greenish flowers [syn:
dog's mercury, dog mercury, Mercurialis perennis] |
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