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mercuric /mer·cur·ic/ (mer-kur´ik) pertaining to mercury as a bivalent element.
mercuric pertaining to mercury as a bivalent element; containing bivalent mercury. mercuric chloride, mercuric bichloride used as a skin antiseptic and disinfectant and counterirritant; is limited by its toxicity and irritant properties. mercuric iodide a counterirritant and vesicant; use of this compound in blisters for horses has been discontinued because of its renal and hepatic toxicity. mercuric nitrate has antiseptic and miticidal properties; once used topically in the treatment of demodectic mange in dogs, but replaced by safer and more effective agents. mercuric oxide a topical antiseptic, used in ointment form for eye disorders. Called also yellow oxide. |
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