(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:08:02

Mer*cu"rous (?), a. Chem.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury in which it is present in its highest proportion.

Mercurous chloride. Chem. See Calomel.

 

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