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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

mercurialism

· mer·cu·ri·al·ism · IPA
01 n. The syndrome produced by poisoning due to exposure to mercury, it fumes, or its compounds; mercury poisoning. Such exposure may occur in m…
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    The syndrome produced by poisoning due to exposure to mercury, it fumes, or its compounds; mercury poisoning. Such exposure may occur in mining or smelting, or in using mercurial compounds.(Med.) Also: mercury poisoning