Found 2 items, similar to silver nitrate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: silver nitrate silver nitrate n : a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical anti-infective agent
English → English (gcide) Definition: silver nitrate Nitrate \Ni"trate\, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.) A salt of nitric acid. [1913 Webster] Nitrate of silver, a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also lunar caustic, and more commonly called silver nitrate . [1913 Webster +PJC]