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cerate

DEFINITIONS OF: cerate

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n a hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin

Types:
camphor ice
a cerate made of camphor and wax and spermaceti and castor oil
Type of:
balm, ointment, salve, unction, unguent
semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
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