Cadmia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide. obsolete, uncountable

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calamine

Etymology

From Latin cadmia, ultimately from Ancient Greek Καδμεία (Kadmeía), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Doublet of calamine, calaminaris, and lapis calaminaris.

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