Taber's Medical Dictionary
mercury
(mĕr′kyŭ-rē )
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SYMB: Hg A metallic element, atomic weight (mass) 201, atomic number 80. Mercury is a silvery liquid at room temperature. It forms two series of salts: mercurous, in which it has a valence of one (univalent), and mercuric, in which it has a valence of two (divalent).
SEE: dental amalgam
CAS # 7439-97-6
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Mercury." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733290/all/mercury__I__chloride.
Mercury. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733290/all/mercury__I__chloride. Accessed May 13, 2025.
Mercury. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733290/all/mercury__I__chloride
Mercury [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 May 13]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733290/all/mercury__I__chloride.
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