methylmercury
Chemistry
noun
1A highly toxic cation, CH3Hg+, 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)2Hg ( rare ).
Origin
Early 20th century.
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