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mercauro

mercauro noun: a mixture of the bromides of mercury, gold and arsenic used to treat syphilis.

Noun

mercauro (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A mixture of the bromides of mercury, gold and arsenic used to treat syphilis

Questions about mercauro

What does mercauro mean?
Mercauro means a mixture of the bromides of mercury, gold and arsenic used to treat syphilis.
What part of speech is mercauro?
Mercauro is a noun.

Words near mercauro in the dictionary

  1. mercatorism
  2. Mercators
  3. mercats
  4. mercature
  5. mercatures
  6. mercauro
  7. merce
  8. merced
  9. Merced County
  10. merced up
  11. Mercedarian

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