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Meaning of toxitabellae | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Tablets of mercuric chloride or mercuric bichloride, formerly used to treat syphilis.

dated, historical, plural, plural-only

Examples

“As in cases of the injections, the amount of ingredients are not prescribed or dose in any table given except in the toxitabellae Hydrargyri Chloridi (Tablets of mercuric bichloride.)”

“Two classes of tablets are now official, the Toxitabellae and the Tabellae. The former appellation is reserved solely for tablets of mercuric chloride […]”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

toxity toxo toxocariasis toxocarid toxocarosis toxochelyid