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calomels

calomels is the plural of calomel.

Meaning of calomel

Noun

calomel (countable and uncountable, plural calomels)

  1. 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

Questions about calomels

What is calomels the plural of?
Calomels is the plural of calomel.

Words near calomels in the dictionary

  1. calombo
  2. Calomboyan
  3. calomel
  4. calomel electrode
  5. calomel electrodes
  6. calomels
  7. calomodulin
  8. calomondin
  9. calomondins
  10. Calon-Ségur
  11. Calon-Ségurs

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