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merbromin

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A green crystalline organic compound, C20H8Br2HgNa2O6, that forms a red aqueous solution, used as a germicide and antiseptic.

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  • noun medicine A topical antiseptic that is an organomercury derivative of fluorescein

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[mer(curic acetate) + (di)brom(ide) + (fluoresce)in.]

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