A light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic
(Noun)
Synonyms:
sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate
merthiolate
Thimerosal Sentence Examples
Thimerosal is 50 per cent composed of ethyl mercury and is used as a preservative.
The whooping cough vaccine contains thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative used in vaccines.
Between 1988 and 2004, 6,506 petitions were filed with the VICP, of which 4,246 were claims for autism resulting from the mercury-containing vaccine preservative thimerosal.
Between 1989 and 2004, 140 of the thimerosal claims were dismissed and the rest of these claims were found to be not compensable.
Moreover, the meningitis vaccine should not be given to individuals known to be sensitive to thimerosal (mercury derivative) or other ingredients of the vaccine.