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calomel
(encz) | calomel,kalomel n: Zdeněk Brož |
calomel
(gcide) | 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
(gcide) | 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
(wn) | calomel
n 1: a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a
cathartic [syn: calomel, mercurous chloride] |
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Calomel
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]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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pityrogramma calomelanos
(wn) | Pityrogramma calomelanos
n 1: tropical American fern having fronds with white undersides
[syn: silver fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos] |
pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava
(wn) | Pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava
n 1: tropical American fern having fronds with light golden
undersides [syn: golden fern, {Pityrogramma calomelanos
aureoflava}] |
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