mercurous
/ˈməːkjʊrəs
/adjective Chemistry
Of mercury with a valency of one; of mercury(I): Compare with mercuric.Metallic mercury apparently does not cause hypersensitivity and is relevant only as a source of mercury vapor; it would appear that most inorganic mercuric and mercurous salts do not provoke immune reactions....
- Gotta run now and feed the leeches, and bleed Linda for her headache… She's not reacting well to the calomel - mercurous chloride - I gave her yesterday.
- Forty male golden Syrian hamsters were classified into eight groups: negative control, positive control and six groups treated with different doses of mercurous chloride.
- centering
- centerpiece
- center-weighted metering
- centesimal
- centesimally
- centesimo
- centi-
- centigrade
- centigrade scale
- centigram
- centile
- centiliter
- centilitre
- centime
- centimeter
- centimetre
- centimetre-gram-second system
- centimo
- centimorgan
- centipede
- cento
- centra
- central
- Central African Republic
- central air