Etymology

mercuriation

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Today it means: Any reaction that introduces a covalent mercury bond into a compound Full definition →

English mercury ← Middle English mercurie ← Latin mercurius
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  1. Latinmercurius
  2. Middle Englishmercurie
  3. Englishmercury
  4. English todaymercuriation

From mercury + -ation.

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