水すい銀ぎん剤ざい

noun

mercurial drug; mercury-containing medication

Medical term for drugs that contain mercury, historically used as diuretics or antiseptics. Now largely obsolete in modern medicine.

• 水すい銀ぎん剤ざいはかつて利り尿にょう薬やくとして使つかわれていた。

  Mercurial drugs were once used as diuretics.