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calamine
[ kal-uh-mahyn, -min ]
noun
- a pink, water-insoluble powder consisting of zinc oxide and about 0.5 percent ferric oxide, used in ointments, lotions, or the like, for the treatment of inflammatory conditions of the skin.
- Mineralogy. hemimorphite.
- Chiefly British. smithsonite ( def ).
calamine
/ ˈkæləˌmaɪn /
noun
- a pink powder consisting of zinc oxide and ferric oxide, (iron(III) oxide), used medicinally in the form of soothing lotions or ointments
- another name for smithsonite hemimorphite
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of calamine1
C17: from Old French, from Medieval Latin calamīna, from Latin cadmīa; see cadmium
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Example Sentences
Smithsonite is a carbonate much resembling, and often found with, calamine.
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Zinc occurs in nature most commonly as sulphide (blende); it also occurs as carbonate (calamine) and silicate (smithsonite).
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In this condition it presents more surface to the action of zinc or calamine, and combines with it more readily.
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It is accompanied by zinc ore (calamine), especially in the upper parts of the mountain.
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The calamine-and-zinc oxide lotion used in acute eczema is also often extremely valuable.
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