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Cerate

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin. archaic, historical
  2. 2
    a hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin wordnet
  3. 3
    The anion CeO₃²⁻ of cerium.

Etymology

From Middle English cerate, cerote, from Latin cērātum, from cēra (“wax”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix)

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