See Also: Wisdom teeth(health)
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salt of wisdom(medicine)
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Collective wisdom(finance)
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Teeth(medicine)
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calamine (iou) and Wisdom teeth (health)


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.

Wisdom teeth (health)


Third (last) molars that usually erupt at age 18-25 (when "wisdom is attained") .