Millon's base
Biochemistry and Chemistry
noun
A yellow basic powder, Hg2NOH·2H2O, produced by the action of aqueous ammonia on mercuric oxide (as reported by Millon in Ann. de Chim. et de Physique (1846) 18 393).
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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