Mercurochrome
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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There was a recurring palette of pale red and sickly, Mercurochrome yellow.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2019
At his day-care center, which lacks books and toys, there is no Mercurochrome for skinned knees.
From Time Magazine Archive
At loss for a hobby, he purchased a large wooden salad bowl, heated the tip of an icepick red hot and traced on the bowl a map which he tastefully tinted with Mercurochrome.
From Time Magazine Archive
If nothing is then visible instill a drop of 1 % aqueous Mercurochrome which will show up any scratches on the cornea.
From Time Magazine Archive
“That looks like Mercurochrome to me,” Ammu said, of his inordinately bright blood.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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