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Word: Calamine
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin calamina, alteration of Latin cadmia ‘calamine’, from Greek kadmeia (gē) ‘Cadmean (earth)’, from Kadmos ‘Cadmus’ (see Cadmus)
ˈkaləmʌɪn
a pink powder consisting of zinc carbonate and ferric oxide, used to make a soothing lotion or ointment
Short Definition:pink powder consisting of zinc carbonate and ferric oxide
Examples:- calamine lotion
smithsonite or a similar zinc ore.
Short Definition:smithsonite or similar zinc ore
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