calomel

From French calomel.

calomel (countable and uncountable, plural calomels)

1. (inorganic chemistry) mercurous chloride Hg₂Cl₂, formerly used as a laxative and disinfectant and to treat syphilis
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House

     “Where am I?” said the little spectre, in a pathetic voice. “And why was I born in the Calomel days, and why did I have all that Calomel given me?”

• calomel electrode

• “Calomel” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
• “calomel”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

• Comella

calomel m (usually uncountable, plural calomels)

1. (inorganic chemistry) calomel