Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. merbromin
Etymologies
- Trademarked (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Other chemicals containing mercury, such as mercurochrome and thimerosal (sold as Merthiolate and other brands), are still used as antiseptics or as preservatives in eye drops, eye ointments, nasal sprays, and vaccines.”
“They were counterrevolutionary, because their objective as to justify aggressions against Cuba, stop the possible influence of the Cuban revolution, and above all, if possible, with "mercurochrome" measures treat the economic and social cancer of the two peoples -- to gain time and to see what would happen later.”
“Doctors in white coats rushed about with bags of cotton, mercurochrome and bandages.”
“He again wants medicine so we agree to anoint a few sores with the mercurochrome we carry.”
“Lewis and Clark carried it as part of their first-aid kit, and mercury was long used as a treatment for syphilis, and those who grew up in the 1950s and '60s may remember dabbing cuts and scrapes with mercurochrome. it has been used as a preservative in childhood vaccines.”
“Any Hillary people here needing to have their asses kissed, bend over, then get out your mercurochrome!”
Hillary Invokes RFK Assassination While Describing Why She's Staying In Race
“Gone are the days of the evil mercurochrome -- the secretaries aren't even allowed to apply soap to an obviously filthy playground scrape.”
“Exposure may also occur from the improper or excessive use of other chemicals containing mercury, such as skin-lightening creams and some topical antiseptic or disinfectant agents (mercurochrome and thimerosal).”
“These products include mercurochrome (contains a small amount of mercury, 2%), and thimerosal and phenylmercuric nitrate, which are used in small amounts as preservatives in some prescription and over-the-counter medicines.”
““Think those are mercurochrome?” one of the angels asked as three feathers defected from her wings.”
Simon & Schuster: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mercurochrome’.
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Stink Different™
What-the-smell is that?
hircine, jumentous, hyena butter, cadaverine, new car smell, teen spirit, parosmia, hircismus, ylang-ylang, burnt hair, hydrogen sulfide, gay bomb and 115 more...
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Things from my memory
nigger baby, mexican jumping bean, puddle jumper, mood ring, pet rock, cat scratch fever, taxman, hippie, vaseline, argyrol, mercurchrome, methiolade and 655 more...
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Evocative smells
They remind me of a particular time, place, or activity
cigar smoke, apples, tea roses, wild roses, lysol, shoe polish, linseed oil, school house, coal dust, mock orange, chlorine, violets and 116 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, M
metamerism, malady, margin, marauder, maverick, mercury, mirth, mandible, macerate, meteor, manumission, mica and 292 more...
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the martian chron
valise, rime, Lazarus, fount, sprocket, okapi, agate, prow, flange, centrifugal pump, russet, bellows and 69 more...
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Trade Names
rollerblade, zeppelin, kleenex, band-aid, tabasco, jell-o, trojans, rooty-tooty fresh..., xerox, google, velcro, coke and 39 more...
Tweets
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reesetee Hey! You calling me a sissy, oroboros? Let's take it outside. ;-) Aug 3, 2007
slumry Oh, I must add mercurochrome to my evocative smells list! And speaking of stains, this made me think of gentian violet. Aug 3, 2007
oroboros Ah, mercurochrome was for sissies. Merthiolate now, that was kick-ass germ killer stuff!! :oD Aug 3, 2007
reesetee A trademark name used for a solution of merbromin. Ah, those days of bright orange splotches on cut fingers and knees.... :-P Aug 2, 2007