calamine

cal·a·mine  (kl-mn, -mn)

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.

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[French, from Medieval Latin calamna, alteration of Latin cadma; see cadmium.]

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calamine

Noun

a pink powder consisting chiefly of zinc oxide, used to make soothing skin lotions and ointments [Medieval Latin calamina]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

calamine - a white mineral; a common ore of zinc hemimorphite 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

Translations

calamine [ˈkæləmaɪn] n → calamina