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MERCURIAL OINTMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mercurial ointment mean?
• MERCURIAL OINTMENT (noun)
The noun MERCURIAL OINTMENT has 1 sense:
1. an ointment containing mercury
Familiarity information: MERCURIAL OINTMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ointment containing mercury
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mercurial ointment" is a kind of...):
balm; ointment; salve; unction; unguent (semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation)
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