calomel
Meaning of calomel
noun
mercurous chloride, a white powder formerly used as a purgative.
late 17th century: modern Latin, perhaps from Greek kalos ‘beautiful’ + melas ‘black’ (perhaps because it was originally obtained from a black mixture of mercury and mercuric chloride).
Information about calomel
- It is a name.
- The plural form of calomel is: calomels.
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Hyphenation of calomel
calomel
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- calomel is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Words that rhyme with calomel
Domel, Gomel, Philomel, philomel, oenomel, oinomel, pomel, Chromel, caromel, chromel, hydromel, Cytomel
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