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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.
Generic synonyms: Sublimate
Definition of Corrosive sublimate
1. Noun. (chemistry obsolete) mercuric chloride ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Corrosive sublimate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Corrosive Sublimate
Literary usage of Corrosive sublimate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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