Meaning of methylmercury in English:
methylmercury
noun
Chemistry1A highly toxic cation, CH₃ Hg+, compounds of which were formerly used as seed disinfectants, and which may be synthesized in the environment by microbial methylation of inorganic mercury compounds.
2The toxic liquid dimethylmercury, (CH₃)₂ Hg (rare).
Origin
Early 20th century.
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