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Noun: calomel  'ka-lu,mel
  1. A tasteless colourless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
    "Calomel was once commonly prescribed as a laxative";
    - mercurous chloride

Derived forms: calomels

Type of: chloride

Part of: black lotion, blackwash

Encyclopedia: Calomel