BICHLORIDE OF MERCURY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bichloride of mercury mean? 

• BICHLORIDE OF MERCURY (noun)
  The noun BICHLORIDE OF MERCURY has 1 sense:

1. a white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury; used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative

  Familiarity information: BICHLORIDE OF MERCURY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BICHLORIDE OF MERCURY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury; used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

bichloride of mercury; corrosive sublimate; mercuric chloride; mercury chloride

Hypernyms ("bichloride of mercury" is a kind of...):

sublimate (the product of vaporization of a solid)