n. 甘汞

[化] 甘汞; 氯化亚汞

[医] 甘汞, 氯化亚汞

[ noun ]
a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
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Calomel \Cal"o*mel\ (k[a^]l"[-o]*m[e^]l), n. [Gr. kalo`s
beautiful + me`las black. So called from its being white,
though made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive
sublimate. Cf. F. calom['e]las.] (Chem.)
Mild chloride of mercury, {Hg2Cl2}, a heavy, white or
yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used
in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride.
It occurs native as the mineral {horn quicksilver}.

Aquila \Aq"ui*la\, n.; pl. {Aquil[ae]}. [L., an eagle.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of eagles.

2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and
Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.

{Aquila alba} [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of
{calomel}. --Brande & C.