mersalyl
/məːˈsalɪl/ /məːˈsalʌɪl/Pharmacology
noun
The sodium salt of a mercury-containing derivative of salicylamide, formerly used (often in combination with theophylline) to treat oedema, owing to its powerful diuretic properties; C13H16HgNNaO6.
- mersalyl acid noun the parent acid of this salt, C13H17HgNO6..
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in British Pharmacopoeia 1932. From mer- + sal- + -yl.