Definitions for calomel

calomel cal·o·mel

Spelling: [kal-uh-mel, -muh l]
IPA: /ˈkæl əˌmɛl, -məl/

Calomel is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in calomel (acellmo).

Definitions for calomel

noun

  1. a white, tasteless powder, Hg 2 Cl 2 , used chiefly as a purgative and fungicide.

Origin of calomel

1670-80; New Latin calomelas coined from Greek kaló(s) fair + mélas black; allegedly so called because its original preparation involved turning black powder into white

Examples for calomel

In the oxide zone, native mercury and the chloride, calomel, are formed.

If there is constipation, the opium should be mixed with 30 grains of calomel.

And then one grain of calomel and one of opium every night for ten successive nights.

One grain of calomel and one of opium for ten successive nights.

I'll go out and see him again in a couple of days and give him a dose of calomel.

Quinine and calomel are essentials and may be bought in Nairobi.

A grain of calomel and a grain of opium for ten successive nights.

calomel and pills are the great panacea for all their bodily ills.

calomel three grains every third day, with infusion of senna.

Emetic, cathartic with calomel; then sorbentia, chalybeates, Peruvian bark.

Word Value for calomel
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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