calomel

listen to the pronunciation of calomel
İngilizce - Türkçe
İngilizce - İngilizce
mercurous chloride Hg2Cl2
{n} dulcified sublimate of mercury
a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
{i} white powder containing mercury (used as a laxative and as an antiseptic)
It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver
mercurous chloride Hg{2}Cl{2}
Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride
calomel electrode
A reference electrode or half-cell consisting of mercury, mercurous chloride and potassium chloride; used in pH meters and voltmeters
calomel

    Heceleme

    ca·lo·mel

    Telaffuz

    Etimoloji

    [ 'ka-l&-m&l, -"mel ] (noun.) 1676. probably from New Latin calomelas, from Greek kalos beautiful + melas black; more at MELAN-.