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ethylmercury

ethylmercury noun: the organometallic cation CH₃CH₂Hg⁺, a toxicant.

Noun

ethylmercury (uncountable)

  1. The organometallic cation CH₃CH₂Hg⁺, a toxicant.

Origin of ethylmercury

From ethyl + mercury.

Words formed from ethylmercury

Questions about ethylmercury

What does ethylmercury mean?
Ethylmercury means the organometallic cation CH₃CH₂Hg⁺, a toxicant.
What part of speech is ethylmercury?
Ethylmercury is a noun.

Words near ethylmercury in the dictionary

  1. ethylmalonic
  2. ethylmercurithiosalicylate
  3. ethylmercurithiosalicylates
  4. ethylmercurithiosalicylic
  5. ethylmercurithiosalicylic acid
  6. ethylmercury
  7. ethylmethylketone
  8. ethylmethylphenylglycidate
  9. ethylmethylthiambutene
  10. ethylmorphine
  11. ethylnitrosourea

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