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Mercurochrome

American  
[mer-kyoor-uh-krohm] / mərˈkjʊər əˌkroʊm /
Pharmacology, Trademark.
  1. a brand of merbromin.


Mercurochrome British  
/ məˈkjʊərəˌkrəʊm /

noun

  1. a solution of merbromin, used as a topical antibacterial agent

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There was a recurring palette of pale red and sickly, Mercurochrome yellow.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2019

Doctors complain about shortages of antibiotics and approximately 200 other medications, ranging from simple Mercurochrome to sophisticated cancer and heart drugs.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

“You need some Mercurochrome on this before you get infected,” she told me.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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