Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An organic compound that contains mercury.
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- adjective Describing any
organic compound ofmercury - noun organic chemistry Any organic compound of mercury, but especially such a
drug
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Examples
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And medical professionals increasingly question the safety of organomercurial thimerosal and aluminum salt adjuvants in vaccines and the possibility of zoonotic DNA transfer.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Martha Rosenberg 2010
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Even with that clue, it took another two years before officials determined that the cause of “Minamata disease” was toxic waste from a local factory that was poisoning the region’s fish with an organomercurial compound called methylmercury.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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Even with that clue, it took another two years before officials determined that the cause of “Minamata disease” was toxic waste from a local factory that was poisoning the region’s fish with an organomercurial compound called methylmercury.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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Even with that clue, it took another two years before officials determined that the cause of “Minamata disease” was toxic waste from a local factory that was poisoning the region’s fish with an organomercurial compound called methylmercury.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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