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Webster 1913 Edition

Pompholyx

Pom′pho-lyx

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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a bubble, the slag on the surface of smelted ore, from [GREEK] a blister.]
1.
(Old Chem.)
Impure zinc oxide.
2.
(Med.)
A skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullæ, without inflammation or fever.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pompholyx

POM'PHOLYX

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Noun.
[L. from Gr. a tumor; a blast, a puff, a bubble, a pustule. See Pomp.] The white oxyd which sublimes during the combustion of zink; called flowers of zink. It rises and adheres to the dome of the furnace and the covers of crucibles.

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