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noun
Silver nitrate fused into a stick and used for cauterizing and as a disinfectant before modern antibiotics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, medicine, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: infernal stone, lapis infernalis
Antonyms: none provided
noun
silver nitrate fused into sticks and formerly used as a caustic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: silver nitrate
History
From lunar (“[alchemical] silver”) + caustic.
Across languages
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