Mercurochrome
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 merbromin countable, uncountable
"Then the doctor came bustling in, brown-mustached, blue-tied, spectacled, carrying a tan bag, and behind him followed the two ambulance men, one with a thatch of flaming red hair and the other with a stain of mercurochrome on his jacket-sleeve."
- 2 a mercurial compound applied topically as an antiseptic; Mercurochrome is the trademark wordnet
Example
More examples"Then the doctor came bustling in, brown-mustached, blue-tied, spectacled, carrying a tan bag, and behind him followed the two ambulance men, one with a thatch of flaming red hair and the other with a stain of mercurochrome on his jacket-sleeve."
Etymology
From a trademark.
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