Yellow-mercuric-oxide
see under mercuric oxide.
a slightly crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous compound, hgo, occurring as a co-rs-, orange-red powder (red mercuric oxide) or as a fine, orange-yellow powder (yellow mercuric oxide) used chiefly as a pigment in paints and as an antiseptic in pharmaceuticals.
noun
a soluble poisonous substance existing in red and yellow powdered forms: used as pigments. formula: hgo systematic name mercury(ii) oxide
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