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methylmercury

methylmercury noun: the organometallic cation CH₃Hg⁺; it is a toxicant that accumulates in the environment in the form of various compounds.

Noun

methylmercury (countable and uncountable, plural methylmercuries)

  1. (chemical compound) The organometallic cation CH₃Hg⁺; it is a toxicant that accumulates in the environment in the form of various compounds

Forms of methylmercury

pluralmethylmercuries

Origin of methylmercury

From methyl + mercury.

Questions about methylmercury

What does methylmercury mean?
Methylmercury means the organometallic cation CH₃Hg⁺; it is a toxicant that accumulates in the environment in the form of various compounds.
What part of speech is methylmercury?
Methylmercury is a noun.
What is the plural of methylmercury?
The plural of methylmercury is methylmercuries.

Words near methylmercury in the dictionary

  1. methylmannoside
  2. methylmannosides
  3. methylmercurial
  4. methylmercuric
  5. methylmercuries
  6. methylmercury
  7. methylmethacrylate
  8. methylmethaqualone
  9. methylmorphine
  10. methylmorphines
  11. methylnaltrexone

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