English Explanatory Dictionary

mercurial phosphorus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a glow produced by friction when mercury is shaken in an evacuated glass vessel; the luminous barometer
  2. a compound of mercury and phosphorus used to treat syphilis

Word forms

mercurial phosphorus
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