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mercuricals

mercuricals noun: medicines made from mercury, generally used for purgative purposes from the 17th to the 19th century in European and American medicine.

Noun

mercuricals pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Medicines made from mercury, generally used for purgative purposes from the 17th to the 19th century in European and American medicine.

Questions about mercuricals

What does mercuricals mean?
Mercuricals means medicines made from mercury, generally used for purgative purposes from the 17th to the 19th century in European and American medicine.
What part of speech is mercuricals?
Mercuricals is a noun.

Words near mercuricals in the dictionary

  1. mercuriation
  2. mercuriations
  3. mercuric
  4. mercuric chloride
  5. mercuric sulfide
  6. mercuricals
  7. mercurichrome
  8. mercurico-
  9. mercurie
  10. mercuried
  11. mercuries

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