Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun silver_nitrate

1 sense of silver nitrate

Sense 1
silver nitrate -- (a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent)
       => nitrate -- (any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid))
       => caustic -- (any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue)