zinc sulfate

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.

zinc sulfate

1. A colorless crystalline compound used especially in hydrated form as an emetic and astringent, as a fungicide, and in wood and skin preservatives. Chemical formula: ZnSO 4 .

Word History and Origins

Origin of zinc sulfate¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Within weeks he had landed on what he insisted was an effective cure: a three-drug cocktail of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, the antibiotic azithromycin and zinc sulfate.

From New York Times

And we need better zinc supplements, Knoell says: Most now come in salt form, as zinc sulfate or chloride, but these are not readily taken up by the body.

From Washington Post

Since early March, his clinics had treated people with coronavirus-like symptoms, and he had developed an experimental treatment consisting of an antimalarial medication called hydroxychloroquine, the antibiotic azithromycin and zinc sulfate.

From New York Times

The doctor, he claimed, had been treating patients with hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and zinc sulfate.

From Salon

The treatment is bed rest, which he desperately needs anyway, injections of zinc sulfate, and quinine tablets.

From Literature