calomel

Meaning of calomel

noun

mercurous chloride, a white powder formerly used as a purgative.

late 17th century: modern Latin, perhaps from Greek kalos ‘beautiful’ + melas ‘black’ (perhaps because it was originally obtained from a black mixture of mercury and mercuric chloride).

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Hyphenation of calomel

calomel

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • calomel is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with calomel

Domel, Gomel, Philomel, philomel, oenomel, oinomel, pomel, Chromel, caromel, chromel, hydromel, Cytomel

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