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Definition of Corrosive sublimate

1. Noun. A white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury; used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative.

Medical Definition of Corrosive sublimate

1. Mercury chloride (hgcl2). A highly toxic compound that volatises slightly at ordinary temperature and appreciably at 100 degrees c. It is corrosive to mucous membranes and used as a topical antiseptic and disinfectant. Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, local, disinfectants. Chemical name: Mercury chloride (HgCl2) (12 Dec 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Corrosive Sublimate

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Literary usage of Corrosive sublimate

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1. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"It has sometimes been stated that corrosive sublimate suffers decomposition by exposure to ... The author found corrosive sublimate soluble in water at 57°, ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"CORROSIVE-SUBLIMATE LANOLIN. Since Koch has shown that solutions of carbolic acid in oil and alcohol have no antiseptic properties they have been prohibited ..."

3. Medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Edward Hartshorne (1861)
"corrosive sublimate. THIS substance is usually known under the chemical name of PERCHLORIDE OF MERCURY ; but, according to some distinguished authorities, ..."

4. A Treatise on Poisons: In Relation to Medical Jurisprudence, Physiology, and by Robert Christison (1836)
"corrosive sublimate i become the subject of a medico-legal analysis in three states may be in ... Of the Tests for corrosive sublimate in the solid state. ..."

5. Chemistry by William Thomas Brande, Alfred Swaine Taylor (1863)
"By nitric acid it is converted into corrosive sublimate and ... Triturated with iodine and water, corrosive sublimate and iodide of mercury are formed ..."

6. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1897)
"These symptoms are occasionally seen in workmen engaged in trades in which they are exposed to the inhalation of mercurial vapors. corrosive sublimate. ..."

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