zincum

[ zing-kuhm ]

noun

1. (especially in homeopathic medicine) zinc: often qualified by other Latin terms, as in zincum gluconicum, zincum metallicum, zincum phosphoricum, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of zincum¹

First recorded in 1645–55; pseudo-Latinization of zinc ( def )

Example Sentences

Cognate with cadmia and pyrites is a compound which the Noricians and Rhetians call zincum.

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