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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Mercuric

/mẽrk-yo͝or'-ĭk/ · Mer·cu·ric · IPA /mərkjˈʊrɪk/
01 a. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which this element enters in it…
  1. 1.
    Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which this element enters in its lowest proportion.(Chem.)
Phrases & compounds
Mercuric chloride — corrosive sublimate. See mercury bichloride and Corrosive.