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MERCUROL

\mˈɜːkjʊɹˌɒl], \mˈɜːkjʊɹˌɒl], \m_ˈɜː_k_j_ʊ_ɹ_ˌɒ_l]\

Definitions of MERCUROL

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A compound of mercury and nuclein; used in 1-per-cent. solution as an antiseptic (in ear and eye diseases and gonorrhoea) and internally in syphilis.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

Mercury nucleinate, an organic compound of mercury with nucleinic acid from yeast, containing 10 per cent. of metallic mercury. It is bactericidal, and possesses the actions of mercury.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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