English dictionary

calomel

/'k/&/l/@/,m/E/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic

noun.substance

Synonyms mercurous chloride

Source: WordNet 3.0
Mild chloride of mercury, Hg<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver.

noun

Source: webster1913