| NOUN | substance | corrosive sublimate, mercuric chloride, mercury chloride, bichloride of mercury | a white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury |
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| Meaning | A white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury; used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative. | |
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| Synonyms | mercuric chloride, mercury chloride, bichloride of mercury | |
| Broader | sublimate | The product of vaporization of a solid |
| Spanish | bicloruro de mercurio, cloruro de mercurio, cloruro mercurioso, solimán, sublimado corrosivo | |
| Catalan | clorur de mercuri, sulimat corrosiu | |
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