Meanings
- uncountableSynonym of thiomersal.
On the first day he came home cut and poisoned by the coral and with a dozen sea-egg spines in his side. Quarrel grinned and treated the wounds with merthiolate and Milton [sic].
1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 188Synonyms: thiomersal
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of thiomersal.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic
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Origin
Genericized trademark.
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merthiolate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merthiolate
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