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Definition calamine

Etymology

From French calamine, from Medieval Latin calam?na, from Latin cadm??a, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kadmeí?), after ?????? (Kádmos, “Cadmus”), mythological founder of Thebes, of Pre-Greek origin.

Noun

calamine (usually uncountable, plural calamines)

1. A pale pink powdered form of zinc oxide used in skin lotions.
2. (mineralogy) The zinc silicate mineral hemimorphite.

Verb

calamine (third-person singular simple present calamines, present participle calamining, simple past and past participle calamined)

1. (transitive) To coat or treat with calamine.

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