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Calamine(health)
calamine(dictionary)
calamine lotion(dictionary)

calamine (iou)



calamine noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French from medieval Latin calamina alt. of Latin cadmia from Greek kadm(e)ia (ge) Cadmean (earth), from Kadmos: see CADMEAN.]
An ore of zinc, spec. the carbonate (smithsonite), or less commonly the basic silicate (hemimorphite). Also, a pink preparation of powdered zinc carbonate or oxide used in lotions, ointments, etc.