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Definition of "ethylmercury" [ethylmercury]

  • Variant of icono-. (prefix)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ethylmercury" in a sentence
  • "The quantity of mercury in that vaccine, about 12 micrograms of ethylmercury, is dwarfed by the amount of mercury that one typically encounters in the environment."
  • "The kind of mercury that is sometimes used in vaccines is called ethylmercury and is far less toxic and more easily expelled from the body than methylmercury."
  • "All mercury isn't the same: methylmercury vs. ethylmercury"