of or containing mercury in the divalent state; denoting a mercury(II) compound
mercuric in American English
(mərˈkjʊrɪk)
adjective
of or containing mercury, esp. divalent mercury
mercuric in American English
(mərˈkjurɪk)
adjective
Chemistry
of or containing mercury, esp. in the bivalent state
Word origin
[1820–30; mercur(y) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acetate, boomerang, exogenous, karma, morphology-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'mercuric' in a sentence
mercuric
Light microscopic investigations revealed that mercuric chloride induced histopathological changes in the heart tissue.
Hatice Karaboduk, Meltem Uzunhisarcikli, Yusuf Kalender 2015, 'Protective Effects of Sodium Selenite and Vitamin E on Mercuric Chloride-Induced Cardiotoxicityin Male Rats', Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132015000200229&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Mercuric treatments were used up until the introduction of penicillin.
Ioannou Stella, Henneberg Maciej 2017, 'Dental signs attributed to congenital syphilis and its treatments in the Hamann-ToddSkeletal Collection', Anthropological Reviewhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/anre.2017.80.issue-4/anre-2017-0032/anre-2017-0032.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Later, the consumed substance was proven to be mercuric chloride.
J Dhanapriya, N Gopalakrishnan, V Arun, T Dineshkumar, R Sakthirajan, T Balasubramaniyan,M Haris 2016, 'Acute kidney injury and disseminated intravascular coagulation due to mercuric chloridepoisoning', Indian Journal of Nephrologyhttp://www.indianjnephrol.org/article.asp?issn=0971-4065;year=2016;volume=26;issue=3;spage=206;epage=208;aulast=Dhanapriya. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Blood pressure was measured using mercuric sphygmomanometer.
Bakr Zaki M, Abulsoud AI, Elsisi AM, Doghish AS, Mansour OAE, Amin AI, Elrebehy MA,Mohamed MY, Goda MA 2019, 'Potential role of circulating microRNAs (486-5p, 497, 509-5p and 605) in metabolicsyndrome Egyptian male patients', Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity : Targets and Therapyhttps://www.dovepress.com/potential-role-of-circulating-micrornas-486-5p-497-509-5p-and-605-in-m-peer-reviewed-article-DMSO. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cells were challenged with paraquat, mercuric chloride, sodium arsenite and clonidine.
Goran N. Jovanovic, Eric C. Henry, Ganesh Vissvesvaran, Frank W. R. Chaplen 2007, 'Improvement of Bioactive Compound Classification through Integration of OrthogonalCell-Based Biosensing Methods', Sensorshttp://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/7/1/38/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Furthermore, treatment with mercuric chloride caused a marked elevation of liver weight and decreased body weight.
Youcef Necib, Ahlem Bahi, Sakina Zerizer, Cherif Abdennour, Mohamed Salah Boulakoud 2014, 'Protective Effect of Virgin Olive Oil (Olea europea L.) Against Oxidative Damage Inducedby Mercuric Chloride in Rat Albinos Wistar', Journal of Stress Physiology & Biochemistryhttp://www.jspb.ru/issues/2014/N1/JSPB_2014_1_45-58.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)