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  1. Calamine
    Calamine is the common name of two zinc ores - one being a hydrous silicate also known as smithsonite, hemimorphite, or electric calamine; the other being the carbonate. Both occur frequently in veins which carry zinc blende, the commonest of the zinc ores. They are pale yellow, pink, brown, blue, g...
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  2. Calamine
    Calamine is a pink powder that is made of zinc oxide with a small amount of ferric oxide. It is used in lotions, ointments, and liniments. It is a customary mixture that is soothing and healing to the skin. It is great for itchy rashes such as poison ivy. It is natural but some formulas contain phen...
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  3. Calamine
    Calamine: An astringent made from zinc carbonate or zinc oxide, usually used in lotion form to treat skin problems that cause itching or discomfort.
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  4. Calamine
    Cal'a·mine (kăl'ȧ*mīn or - mĭn) noun [ French calamine , Late Latin calamina , from Latin Cadmia . See Cadmia .] (min.) A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc. » The name was ...
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  5. calamine
    Zinc oxide with a small amount of ferric oxide or basic zinc carbonate suitably coloured with ferric oxide; used in dusting powders, lotions, and ointments, as a mild astringent and protective agent for skin disorders. ... Origin: Mediev. L. Calamina, fr. L. Cadmia, fr. G. Kadmia, Theban (earth), fr...
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  6. calamine
    (kal´ә-mīn) a preparation of zinc oxide and the coloring agent ferric oxide, used topically as a skin protectant and astringent. See also calamine lotion.
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  7. Calamine
    • (n.) A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.
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  8. calamine
    either of two zinc minerals. The name has been dropped in favour of the species names hemimorphite (q.v.; hydrous zinc silicate) and smithsonite ...
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  9. Calamine
    Calamine is a mixture of zinc oxide (ZnO) with about 0.5% ferric oxide (Fe2O3). It is the main ingredient in calamine lotion and is used as an antipruritic (anti-itching agent, attributed to the presence of phenol in the formulation) to treat mild pruritic conditions such as sunburn, eczema, rashes...
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  10. calamine
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kal′ă-mīn Definitions: 1. Zinc oxide with a small amount of ferric oxide or basic zinc carbonate colored with ferric oxide; used in dusting powders, lotions, and ointments, as a mild astringent and protective agent for skin disorders.
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  11. Calamine
    [mineral] Calamine is a historic name for an ore of zinc. The name calamine was derived from the Belgian town of Kelmis, whose French name is "La Calamine", which is home to a zinc mine. In the 18th and 19th century large ore mines could be found near the German village of Breinigerberg. Dur...
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  12. Calamine
    An astringent made from zinc carbonate or zinc oxide, usually used in lotion form to treat skin problems that cause itching or discomfort.
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  13. calamine
    1) Hemimorphite 2) Mineral 3) Poison ivy aid 4) Poison ivy lotion 5) Skin soother
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