Mercuric \Mer*cu"ric\, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing
mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which
this element enters in its lowest proportion.
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{Mercuric chloride}, corrosive sublimate. See {mercury
bichloride} and {Corrosive}.
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