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creta preparata

creta preparata noun: purified chalk (calcium carbonate) added to British National flour during World War II in order to improve nutrition.

Noun

creta preparata (uncountable)

  1. Purified chalk (calcium carbonate) added to British National flour during World War II in order to improve nutrition.

Origin of creta preparata

The Latin name used by the British Pharmacopoeia to specify the product.

Questions about creta preparata

What does creta preparata mean?
Creta preparata means purified chalk (calcium carbonate) added to British National flour during World War II in order to improve nutrition.
What part of speech is creta preparata?
Creta preparata is a noun.

Words near creta preparata in the dictionary

  1. cresylates
  2. cresylic
  3. cresylic acid
  4. cresylite
  5. cresyls
  6. creta preparata
  7. Cretacean
  8. Cretaceans
  9. cretaceous
  10. cretaceously
  11. Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event

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