alkylmercury

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adjective

Describing any alkyl organomercury compound

OriginEnglish mercury ← Middle English mercurie ← Latin mercurius →
Scrabble 26
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Meanings

adjectivealkylmercury (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryDescribing any alkyl organomercury compound

Origin

  1. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  2. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  3. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  4. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  5. Medieval Latinalcoho
  6. Middle Englishalcofol
  7. Englishalc(ohol)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  9. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  10. Englishalkyl
  11. LatinMercurius
  12. Latinmercurius
  13. Middle Englishmercurie
  14. Englishmercury
  15. Englishalkylmercury

From alkyl + mercury.

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Translations

Portuguese alquilmercúrio
  • alquilmercúrioany alkyl organomercury compound
Cite this entry
APA

alkylmercury. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkylmercury

MLA

“alkylmercury.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkylmercury. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alkylmercury,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkylmercury.

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