Mercurialism - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: mercurialismHydrargyrism
A diseased condition produced by poisoning with hydrargyrum or mercury mercurialism...
mercurialism
The syndrome produced by poisoning due to exposure to mercury it fumes or its compounds mercury poisoning Such exposure may occur in mining or smelting or in using mercurial compounds...
Mercurial
Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury swift active sprightly fickle volatile changeable as a mercurial youth a mercurial temperament...
mercury bichloride
the compound HgCl2 consisting of two atoms of chlorine united with one atom of mercury Also called bichloride of mercury mercuric chloride corrosive sublimate and mercury perchloride It is used as ldquoa topical antiseptic and disinfectant for inanimate objectsrdquo...
fulminate of mercury
The mercury salt of fulminic acid HgCNO2 called also mercury fulminate It is prepared as gray crystals and is used primarily in detonators for detonating high explosives such as dynamite or TNT...
mercury fulminate
The mercury salt of fulminic acid HgCNO2 called also fulminate of mercury It is an explosive compound prepared as gray crystals and is used primarily in detonators for detonating high explosives such as dynamite or TNT It is sensitive to shock and may be detonated by a blow...
Mercurialize
To affect with mercury...
Mercurially
In a mercurial manner...
micromercurialism
A form of mercury poisoning resulting from long term exposure to low doses of mercury The syndrome of micromercurialism involves complex symptoms of stress fatigue memory loss fine tremors muscular and reflex insufficiency and low blood pressure caused by accumulation of mercury in the system A condition of hyperthermia is accompanied by a series of functional changes under the effects of mercury The combined simultaneous effect of toxic action temperature and galvanic response infers a cycle of disintegration and change...
Mercuric
Of pertaining to or derived from mercury containing mercury said of those compounds of mercury into which this element enters in its lowest proportion...
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