See Also: mercurous(dictionary)
mercurous(medicine)
Mercurous chloride(medicine)
mercurous iodide(medicine)
swell-(dictionary)
swell(2)(dictionary)
swell(1)(dictionary)
SWELL(medicine)
swell 3, adjective(dictionary)
swell 2, noun(dictionary)

swell- (iou) and mercurous (medicine)


swell- (iou)



swell- combining form.
[Repr. SWELL noun, verb.]
That swells.
swellfish noun a puffer fish M19.
swell-front noun (US) a curved front of a house; a house having such a front: M19.
swell-head noun (colloq.) = SWELLED head M19.
swell-headed adjective (colloq.) conceited E19.
swell-shark noun any of several small sharks of the genus Cephaloscyllium, which inflate the body by swallowing air when brought to the surface; esp. C. ventriosum, which is found off the coast of California L19.

mercurous (medicine)


mercurous
<chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; said of those compounds of mercury in which it is present in its highest proportion. Mercurous chloride.

<chemistry> See Calomel.

Source: Websters Dictionary