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Thimerosal

Definition: Thimerosal

Thimerosal

Noun

1. A light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic.

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Specialty Definitions: Thimerosal

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Health

A topical antiseptic used on skin and mucous membranes. It is also used as a preservative in pharmaceuticals. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Thimerosal

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Thimerosal (sometimes spelled as Thimerosol) is a commonly-used preservative, used primarily in children's vaccinations. It contains 49.6% mercury. It has been in use since the 1930s.

Thimerosal has been named by critics as being a contributing factor in the onset of autism.

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Synonym: Thimerosal

Synonym: sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate (n). (additional references)

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Expression: Thimerosal

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "thimerosal": thimerosal-induced.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Thimerosal

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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Derivations: Thimerosal

Derivations

Words beginning with "thimerosal": thimerosals. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Thimerosal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: isothermal.

Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-l-m-o-r-s-t"

-1 letter: aeroliths, amitroles, hailstorm, horsetail, rolamites.

-2 letters: aerolith, airholes, amitrole, amortise, armholes, atomiser, helotism, hemiolas, hoariest, isotherm, lamister, loamiest, loathers, marliest, marlites, misalter, moralise, moralist, ratholes, rolamite, shoalier, teraohms, thermals.

-3 letters: airhole, amorist, amosite, armhole, armlets, atheism, atomies, atomise, earshot, eoliths, erotism, estriol, hailers, halites, halters, hamlets, hamster, harlots, harslet, hastier, heliast, hemiola, heriots.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-l-m-o-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: thimerosals.

 

+2 letters: isothermally.

 

+3 letters: amphiprostyle, thermoplastic.

 

+4 letters: amphiprostyles, cephalometries, cholestyramine, heterothallism, lachrymosities, petrochemicals, rheumatologies, rheumatologist, stereochemical, thermoplastics, xerophthalmias.

 

+5 letters: atmospherically, blameworthiness, cholestyramines, dermatoglyphics, heterothallisms, hypercatabolism, hypermetabolism, metallographies, rheumatologists, schoolmasterish, semilogarithmic, thermalizations, thermostability, trihalomethanes.

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Alternative Orthography: Thimerosal


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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