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Definition of Cerate

Cerate
Cerate Ce"rate, n. [L. ceratum, ceratm, fr. cera wax.] (Med.) An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin. Note: Cerate consists essentially of wax (for which resin or spermaceti is sometimes substituted) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients. The cerate (formerly called simple cerate) of the United States Pharmacopoeia is a mixture of three parts of white wax and seven parts of lard.

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- Cerate, historically simple cerate, (from Latin cera "wax") is an unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistency intermediate between...
- confused with it. Goulard's Extract was a primary ingredient in both Goulard's Cerate and Goulard's Water. Carr, Dodd S. (2005). "Lead Compounds". Ullmann's Encyclopedia...
- Cerimetry or cerimetric titration, also known as cerate oximetry, is a method of volumetric chemical analysis developed by Ion Atanasiu. It is a redox...
- titration (total alkalinity and total acidity), redox titration (HI/HY and cerate), precipitation titration (halides), and complexometric titration (free...
- The horned adder (Bitis caudalis) is a viper species. It is found in the arid region of southwest Africa, in Angola, Botswana, Namibia; South Africa, and...
- aeolids possess a branched digestive gland, which may extend into the cerate and often has tips that contain cnidosacs (stinging cells absorbed from...
- in 44 Camodeca moved to 47 ("Novità sui fasti consolari delle tavolette cerate della Campania", Publications de l'École française de Rome, 143 (1991),...
- 11. CIL IX, 5390. Camodeca, "Novità sui fasti consolari delle tavolette cerate della Campania", pp. 52, 70. Tacitus, Agricola, 10. Plutarch, "The Life...
- dressing of fabrics, and as a pharmaceutical excipient, especially in cerates and ointments. The whaling industry in the 17th and 18th centuries was...
- compositions of the ceramic membranes are barium zirconate (BaZrO3), barium cerate (BaCeO3), caesium dihydrogen phosphate (CsH2PO4), and complex solid solutions...