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ethylmercury

noun

Etymology

From ethyl + mercury.

  1. derived from mercuriālis — “a plant, probably annual mercury (Mercurialis annua)”
  2. derived from mercurial
  3. derived from mercurial
  4. inherited from mercurial — “a plant, probably goosefoot (genus Chenopodium); (possibly) dog’s mercury (Mercurialis perennis)”
  5. derived from *merǵ-✻ — “to divide”
  6. derived from Mercurius — “Mercury, the Roman god of commerce, communication, etc.; the planet Mercury; etc.”
  7. derived from mercurius — “metallic chemical element, quicksilver”
  8. derived from mercurie — “metallic chemical element, quicksilver; a plant, probably goosefoot (genus Chenopodium); (possibly) dog’s mercury (Mercurialis perennis); etc.”
  9. compounded as ethylmercury — “ethyl + mercury”

Definitions

  1. The organometallic cation CH₃CH₂Hg⁺, a toxicant.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA