Found 2 items, similar to mercurous chloride.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: mercurous chloride mercurous chloride n : a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic [syn: calomel]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Mercurous chloride Mercurous \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. [1913 Webster] Mercurous chloride. (Chem.) See Calomel. [1913 Webster]