cerate

Significat (Anglès)

1. (archaic, historical) 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.
2. The anion CeO₃²⁻ of cerium.

Conceptes

cerat

Sinònims

balm

lotion

ointment

salve

unguent

medicine

💊

simple cerate

Traduccions

المرهم

cérat

cérate

Etimologia (Anglès)

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