calomel
calomel noun: mercurous chloride Hg₂Cl₂, formerly used as a laxative and disinfectant and to treat syphilis.
Noun
calomel (countable and uncountable, plural calomels)
- Mercurous chloride Hg₂Cl₂, formerly used as a laxative and disinfectant and to treat syphilis.
- What a pity there is not some mental calomel! for Mr. Lushington's equanimity was in a bilious fever with Edward Lorraine's appearance of luxurious enjoyment.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 190
- “Where am I?” said the little spectre, in a pathetic voice. “And why was I born in the Calomel days, and why did I have all that Calomel given me?”1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House
calomel meaning in Tamil and Telugu
calomel in Tamil
- ஒருவகைக் கழிச்சல் ஏற்படுத்தும் மருந்து, கலோமெல், இரசகற்பூரம், கலோமல், பூரம், இரசகப் பசகை
calomel in Telugu
- calomel
- రసకర్పూరము rasakarpūramu
Forms of calomel
| plural | calomels |
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Origin of calomel
From French calomel.
Words formed from calomel
Phrases with calomel
Questions about calomel
- What does calomel mean?
- Calomel means mercurous chloride Hg₂Cl₂, formerly used as a laxative and disinfectant and to treat syphilis.
- What is calomel in Tamil?
- Calomel in Tamil is ஒருவகைக் கழிச்சல் ஏற்படுத்தும் மருந்து, கலோமெல், இரசகற்பூரம். See Calomel meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is calomel?
- Calomel is a noun.
- What is the plural of calomel?
- The plural of calomel is calomels.
Words near calomel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: calomel (page history and authors); calomel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); రసకర్పూరము (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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