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cal·a·mine
(kăl′ə-mīn′, -mĭn)n.
1. See hemimorphite.
2. A pink, odorless, tasteless powder of zinc oxide with a small amount of ferric oxide, dissolved in mineral oils and used in skin lotions.
3. An alloy composed of lead, tin, and zinc.
[French, from Medieval Latin calamīna, alteration of Latin cadmīa; see cadmium.]
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calamine
(ˈkæləˌmaɪn)n
1. (Pharmacology) a pink powder consisting of zinc oxide and ferric oxide, (iron(III) oxide), used medicinally in the form of soothing lotions or ointments
2. (Minerals) US another name for smithsonite, hemimorphite
[C17: from Old French, from Medieval Latin calamīna, from Latin cadmīa; see cadmium]
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cal•a•mine
(ˈkæl əˌmaɪn, -mɪn)n.
a pink powder consisting of zinc oxide and about 0.5 percent ferric oxide, used in ointments, lotions, or the like, for the treatment of skin eruptions.
[1595–1605; < Medieval Latin calamīna, unexplained alter. of Latin cadmia]
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| Noun | 1. | calamine - a white mineral; a common ore of zinc calamine lotion - a lotion consisting of a liquid preparation containing calamine; used to treat itching or mild skin irritations atomic number 48, cadmium, Cd - a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition |
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calamine
[ˈkæləmaɪn] N (also calamine lotion) → (loción f de) calamina fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
calamine
n → Galmei m
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cal·a·mine
n. calamina, antiséptico astringente secante que se usa en afecciones de la piel.
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calamine
n calaminaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.