• (a.) Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs. • (n.) Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/chalybeate/
An obsolete term for impregnated with or containing iron salts and for a therapeutic agent containing iron. ... Origin: G. Chalyps (chalyb-), steel ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Cha·lyb'e·ate adjective [ New Latin chalybeatus , from chalubeïus . See Chalubean .] Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/52
Type: Term Pronunciation: ka-lib′ē-āt Definitions: 1. Obsolete term for impregnated with or containing iron salts and for a therapeutic agent containing iron. Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=16453