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ceruses

ceruses is the plural of ceruse.

Meaning of ceruse

Noun

ceruse (usually uncountable, plural ceruses)

  1. (usually) Synonym of white lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, particularly as used to whiten skin or in early medicine.
    • Galen hath taken exceptions at such waters which run through leaden pipes, ob cerussam quæ in iis generatur, for that unctuous ceruse, which causeth dysenteries and fluxes […]., II.ii.1.1
    Synonyms:
    white lead

Questions about ceruses

What is ceruses the plural of?
Ceruses is the plural of ceruse.

Words near ceruses in the dictionary

  1. ceruminomata
  2. ceruminosis
  3. ceruminous
  4. ceruse
  5. cerused
  6. ceruses
  7. cerusite
  8. cerusites
  9. cerusse
  10. cerusses
  11. cerussite

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