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merthiolate

merthiolate noun: synonym of thiomersal.

Noun

merthiolate (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of thiomersal.
    • On the first day he came home cut and poisoned by the coral and with a dozen sea-egg spines in his side. Quarrel grinned and treated the wounds with merthiolate and Milton [sic].1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 188
    Synonyms:
    thiomersal

Synonyms of merthiolate

Origin of merthiolate

Genericized trademark.

Questions about merthiolate

What does merthiolate mean?
Merthiolate means synonym of thiomersal.
What part of speech is merthiolate?
Merthiolate is a noun.

Words near merthiolate in the dictionary

  1. merteen
  2. merteens
  3. Merten
  4. Mertens
  5. Mertensian
  6. merthiolate
  7. Merthur
  8. Merthyr
  9. Merthyr Mawr
  10. Merthyr Tydfil
  11. Merthyr Vale

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