English Explanatory Dictionary

lunar caustic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Silver nitrate fused into a stick and used for cauterizing and as a disinfectant before modern antibiotics.

Word forms

lunar caustic

Etymology

From lunar (“[alchemical] silver”) + caustic.

Synonyms

infernal stone lapis infernalis
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