CALAMINE

Calamine

Calamine is either a mixture of zinc oxide with about 0.5% ferric oxide or a zinc carbonate compound. It is the main ingredient in calamine lotion and is used as an anti-pruritic to treat mild pruritic conditions such as sunburn, eczema, rashes, poison ivy, poison oak, chickenpox, and insect bites and stings. It is also used as a mild antiseptic to prevent infections that can be caused by scratching the affected area, and an astringent to dry weeping or oozing blisters and acne abscesses.

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calamine

Noun

  1. A pale pink powdered form of zinc oxide used in skin lotions
  2. The zinc silicate mineral hemimorphite


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