bichloride of mercury
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bichloride of mercury
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Copious dressings of weak bichloride of mercury solution will then promote healing.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is small excuse for having bichloride of mercury tablets around the house nowadays as an antiseptic.
From Time Magazine Archive
He bought some bichloride of mercury tablets for an antiseptic footwash.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Mansell recommends, as a test for the iodized paper, a strong solution of bichloride of mercury; may we ask how strong?
From Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
He scrubs his hands, particularly his finger nails, with soap and water and then bathes them in a solution of bichloride of mercury before touching the patient in any place where infection might occur.
From Rural Hygiene by Ogden, Henry N. (Henry Neely)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
