organomercury

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adjective

Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to mercury bond.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adjectiveorganomercury (not comparable)

alternative organo-mercury

  1. not comparablechemistryDescribing any organic compound containing a carbon to mercury bond.
nounorganomercury (plural organomercuries)

plural organomercuries · alternative organo-mercury

  1. Synonym of organomercurial.

    Synonyms: organomercurial

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of organomercurial.

Origin

  1. Englishorgano-
  2. LatinMercurius
  3. Latinmercurius
  4. Middle Englishmercurie
  5. Englishmercury
  6. Englishorganomercury

From organo- + mercury.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 有機汞 /有机汞
  • 有機汞 /有机汞 (yǒujīgǒng)of an organic compound, containing a carbon to mercury bond
Finnish organoelohopea-
  • organoelohopea-of an organic compound, containing a carbon to mercury bond
Portuguese organomercúrico
  • organomercúricoof an organic compound, containing a carbon to mercury bond
Russian ртутьоргани́ческий
  • ртутьоргани́ческий (rtutʹorganíčeskij)of an organic compound, containing a carbon to mercury bond
Spanish organomercúrico
  • organomercúricoof an organic compound, containing a carbon to mercury bond
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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