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lapis calaminaris

lapis calaminaris noun: synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct during sublimation.

Noun

lapis calaminaris (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct during sublimation.
    • […] was the first who publickly declar'd and prov'd Lapis Calaminaris to be the ore of Zinck.1748, John Hill, The history of fossils, page 625
    Synonyms:
    calamine

Synonyms of lapis calaminaris

Origin of lapis calaminaris

From Medieval Latin lapis calamīnāris, from lapis (“stone, mineral”) + calamīnāris (“of or related to calamine”), from calamīna (“calamine”) + -āris (“-ary: forming adjectives”), from Latin cadmia, from Ancient Greek κᾰδμῐ́ᾱ (kădmĭ́ā), variant of Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kădmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Doublet of cadmia, calamine, and calaminaris.

Questions about lapis calaminaris

What does lapis calaminaris mean?
Lapis calaminaris means synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct during sublimation.
What part of speech is lapis calaminaris?
Lapis calaminaris is a noun.

Words near lapis calaminaris in the dictionary

  1. lapins
  2. Lapinski
  3. Lapinskis
  4. lapis
  5. lapis armenus
  6. lapis calaminaris
  7. lapis infernalis
  8. lapis lazuli
  9. lapis lazulis
  10. lapises
  11. lapislazzuli

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