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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic;
[syn: calomel, mercurous chloride]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aquila \Aq"ui*la\, n.; pl. Aquil[ae]. [L., an eagle.] 1. (Zool.) A genus of eagles. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. [1913 Webster] Aquila alba [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of calomel. --Brande & C. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Calomel \Cal"o*mel\ (k[a^]l"[-o]*m[e^]l), n. [Gr. kalo`s beautiful + me`las black. So called from its being white, though made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive sublimate. Cf. F. calom['e]las.] (Chem.) Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

calomel n 1: a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic [syn: calomel, mercurous chloride]