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mercuric chloride definition

mercuric chloride

a very poisonous, white, crystalline compound, HgCl, used in photography and as an insecticide, antiseptic, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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