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Noun: mercury chloride  'mur-kyu-ree'klo,rId
  1. A white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury; used as a pesticide, antiseptic or wood preservative
    - mercuric chloride, bichloride of mercury, corrosive sublimate

Type of: sublimate

Encyclopedia: Mercury chloride