mercurous chloride

English Thesaurus

1. a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	chloride,
definition	:	any compound containing a chlorine atom (noun.substance)

substance holonym	:	atomic number 80, hg, hydrargyrum, mercury, quicksilver,
definition	:	a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	black lotion, blackwash,
definition	:	a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores (noun.artifact)