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Mercury poisoning   /mˈərkjəri pˈɔɪzənɪŋ/   Listen
Mercury poisoning

noun
1.
A toxic condition caused by ingesting or inhaling mercury; acute mercury poisoning causes a metallic taste and vomiting and diarrhea and kidney problems that may lead to death.





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"Mercury poisoning" Quotes from Famous Books



... produces salivation. Second-crop clover and some irritant weeds in the pasture or forage may cause salivation. Cattle rubbed with mercurial ointment may swallow enough mercury in licking themselves to bring about the same result. (See "Mercury poisoning," p. 57.) Such cases, of course, arise from the constitutional action of mercury, and, on account of the common habit which the animals have of licking themselves, indicate the danger of using such preparation externally. Mercury is also readily absorbed through the skin, and as cattle are very ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture


Words linked to "Mercury poisoning" :   toxic condition, Minamata disease, intoxication, poisoning


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