🔤 Calomel ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
ras-kapoor, paray ka ek namak, khorak dawai
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ENGLISH
📚noun
calomel
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ˈkæl.ə.mel/
Phonetic: /kal uh mel/
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DEFINITION
a white, tasteless compound of mercury (mercurous chloride), formerly used as a purgative and fungicide
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Historically, calomel was widely prescribed as a medicine despite its toxicity.
Early medical treatises often referenced the therapeutic uses of calomel.
Modern medicine has replaced calomel with safer chemical compounds.
Chemical analysis confirmed the presence of mercurous chloride, commonly known as calomel.
Old pharmaceutical bottles in the museum contained traces of calomel.
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SYNONYMS
mercurous chloride mercury compound
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