mercurochromen.
/məːˈkjʊərəkrəʊm/, U.S. /mə(r)ˈkjʊrəˌkroʊm/ Chiefly U.S. Pharmacology.
Originally: any of several mercury-containing dyes developed as possible antiseptics or antibiotics (see quot. 1919). Later (also Mercurochrome): spec. the compound merbromin, used chiefly as an antiseptic for the skin.The ‘mercurochrome-220’ of Young et al. (see quot. 1919) was merbromin.A proprietary name in the United States.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antiseptic > [noun] > prepared from minerals
protargol1897
collargol1900
argyrol1908
mercurochrome1919
Merthiolate1928
merbromin1941
the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > mercury > [noun] > compounds
sublimate1543
precipitate1563
red mercury1582
quicksilver extinct1610
red precipitate1676
mercury fulminate1904
methylmercury1915
mercurochrome1919
mercurial1971
1919 H. H. Young et al. in Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 15 Nov. 1484/1 To the substance obtained by substituting one atom of mercury in the molecule of dibromfluorescein we have given the name ‘mercurochrome-220’ [Note] The name ‘mercurochrome’ will be applied generally to all the mercury-bearing dyes that we are investigating, the individual being distinguished by the laboratory number following the name.
1924 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 30 Dec. 1044/2 Mercurochrome..Antiseptics, germicides, and bactericides.
1925 Science 10 Apr. p. x/2 The discovery of mercurochrome, meroxyl and similar antiseptics was no lucky accident but the result of the systematic investigations that have been carried on at the Brady Urological Institute.
1928 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 1 248 I got the mercurochrome and asked Cherry to let me put it on.
1960 O. Nash Boy is Boy (1961) It's easy to spot a boy... He smells of licorice, he smells of mice, Of Mercurochrome, and vanilla ice.
1974 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. ii. 27 Less irritating antiseptics commonly used..today include..merbromin (Mercurochrome).
1992 Harper's Mag. May 69/1 She..had an endearing habit of using Mercurochrome in lieu of lipstick.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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