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PRONUNCIATION OF CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE

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Corrosive sublimate is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

corrosive sublimate

Mercury(II) chloride

Mercury chloride or mercuric chloride is the chemical compound of mercury and chlorine with the formula HgCl2. This white crystalline solid is a laboratory reagent and a molecular compound. Once used as a treatment for syphilis, it is no longer used for medicinal purposes because of mercury toxicity and the availability of superior treatments.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE

corroborative
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corrodant
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corrodibility
corrodible
corrodies
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WORDS THAT END LIKE CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE

animate
approximate
climate
continental climate
cost estimate
decimate
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exanimate
guesstimate
illegitimate
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intimate
legitimate
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overestimate
penultimate
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Synonyms and antonyms of corrosive sublimate in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «corrosive sublimate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE

Find out the translation of corrosive sublimate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of corrosive sublimate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «corrosive sublimate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

升汞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sublimado corrosivo
570 millions of speakers

English

corrosive sublimate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संक्षारक उदात्तीकरण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تسامى للتآكل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сулема
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sublimado corrosivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষয়কারক পরিশীলিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sublimé corrosif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sublimat yang mengakis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sublimat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

昇汞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부식성 승화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sublimasi korosif
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thăng hoa ăn mòn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரிக்கும் துணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गंजणाची पुनरावृत्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Aşındırıcı iklimlendirme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sublimato corrosivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żrące
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сулема
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sublimat coroziv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαβρωτικά επανθήματος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bytende sublimeer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

frätande sublimat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

etsende sublimere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of corrosive sublimate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE»

The term «corrosive sublimate» is normally little used and occupies the 139.243 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about corrosive sublimate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE»

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A Source Book in Chemistry, 1400-1900
From among the saline substances I will first choose one whose excess of acid is perfectly well known and which moreover, first gave me light on this discovery; I wish to speak of corrosive sublimate of mercury. Corrosive mercury sublimate is ...
Henry Marshall Leicester, Herbert S. Klickstein, 1952
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A Universal formulary
Dissolve. Dose, ten to twenty drops, in barley- water. In syphilis and lepra. Werneck. HYDRARGYRI CHLORIDUM CORROSIVUM. Corrosive Sublimate. Corrosive rablimatc is a very energetic and poisonous preparation, requiring much care in ...
Robert Eglesfeld Griffith, 1866
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On poisons, in relation to medical jurisprudence and medicine
CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE BY THE ACTION OF ALKALINE CHLORIDES. 339 was filtered and tested. Protochloride of tin rendered a portion of it turbid: a slip of copper was faintly coated with mercury in twenty-four hours, but the yellow colour  ...
Alfred Swaine Taylor, Robert Eglesfeld Griffith, 1848
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A manual of materia medica and pharmacy, from the Fr. of ...
Th. E. In the dose of a few grains, corrosive sublimate is one of the most active poisons. Administered in very small doses, it induces the general phenomena caused by the other preparations of mercury. It is very often used in the treatment of ...
Henri Milne-Edwards, John Davies (M.R.C.S.), Pierre Henri L.D. Vavasseur, 1831
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A Manual of Materia Medica & Pharmacy ...
(Corrosive sublimate, and opium, 55. gr. ij.; extract of bark, gr. xl.; pulv. bark, q. s. for 4- pills.) Dose, No. ij. a day. Liquor hydrargyri oacimuriatis, U. S., L., Van Swietm's liquor, P. (Sublimate, gr. viij.; alcohol, 5 distilled water, §xv. Every ounce  ...
Henri Milne-Edwards, 1829
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An appeal to the medical profession, on the utility of the ...
Hennell has discovered several curious and important facts respecting the chlorides of mercury, more especially in relation to the triple compounds formed by corrosive sublimate with other chlorides. He has ascertained that certain chlorides, ...
John Read (maker to the army.), 1825
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London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine
At last he says, corrosive sublimate coagulates ouly mucus — a fact d priori impossible, since pus contains albumen, which is readily precipitated by sublimate. Brug- mann eulogised the means proposed by Darwin, and added another. " Pus ...
8
The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture
The latter will see that it is not indifferent whether this or that medicinal substance, or- excipient, be mixed with the corrosive sublimate. They will discover the causes of the inefficacy, and frequently, dangerous consequences, of this medicine, ...
9
The Chemist
I have experimented upon corrosive sublimate. Having done so, and knowing the tests which were applied to the liquid then produced, I should say that it was quite decisive as to the existence of corrosive sublimate. The effect of carbonate of ...
10
A Dictionary of Chemistry: Containing the Theory and ...
We conceive then, that in corrosive sublimate the aggregation of the mercury being broken, its primary integrant molecules are, on one fide, in this violent state , in this tendency to union above-mentioned ; and, on the other fide, that as this ...
Pierre Joseph Macquer, James Keir, 1777

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term corrosive sublimate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Madras miscellany: The tombstone found
But according to the Church records she had not committed suicide. She had died of “corrosive sublimate poisoning while insane.” And insanity ... «The Hindu, Jan 15»
2
Adventures with the Kindle Voyage
Apparently seen as “the corrosive sublimate that eat out despotism and priestcraft”, the books were confiscated at the customs house, to be ... «Oxford Student, Dec 14»
3
Japan's Whisky Rebellion
It must be 86 percent corrosive sublimate proof, because 3,500 enlisted men were stinko 15 minutes after they got to shore. I never saw so many men get so ... «Roads and Kingdoms, Feb 14»
4
Centre asks States to strictly regulate sale of acid
... including acetic acid, phosphoric acid, hydrofluoric acid, perchloric acid, formic acid, oxalic acid, perchloride of mercury (corrosive sublimate), ... «The Hindu, Sep 13»
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The Man Who Forced Anthropologists to Respect Native Cultures
Bring back some skulls with the flesh still intact by soaking them in a solution of corrosive sublimate, set them out to dry, [so that] they ... «Indian Country Today Media Network, Aug 13»
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MHA to notify rule to curb acid sale
... phosphoric acid, hydrofluoric acid, perchloric acid, formic acid, oxalic acid, perchloride of mercury (corrosive sublimate). Similarly, the sale of ... «The Hindu, Jul 13»
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The Contributions of Muslims to Medicine
Other Muslim innovations include surgical instruments and glass retorts, as well as the use of corrosive sublimate, arsenic, copper sulphate, ... «Aquila Style, Jul 12»
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Could the Dalai Lama really have been poisoned with a scarf?
... but Sir Thomas didn't die until, already weakened by three attempts on his life, he was given an enema of corrosive sublimate, which we now ... «Washington Post, May 12»
9
How to get rid of bed bugs 18th century style
Mercury chloride, a corrosive sublimate, was mixed with egg whites and applied with a feather. “Let anyone have [this recipe] that was troubled ... «Toronto Star, Sep 10»
10
Oshkosh: A city of lost treasures
The recipe calls for 1 dram of muriatic acid and 1/4 oz. of corrosive sublimate - both deadly poisons. Obviously commercial bug killers were not ... «Oshkosh Northwestern, Jun 10»

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