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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cal·o·mel /ˈkæləməl, ˌmɛl/
 甘汞

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 cal·o·mel /ˈkæləməl, ˌmɛl/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cal·o·mel n.  Chem. Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 calomel
      n : a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
          [syn: mercurous chloride]