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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.

Definition 2024

pompholyx

pompholyx

English

Noun

pompholyx ‎(uncountable)

  1. (medicine) dyshidrosis
  2. (chemistry, obsolete) impure zinc oxide

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ ‎(pomphólux).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpom.pʰo.lyks/, [ˈpɔm.pʰɔ.lʏks]

Noun

pompholyx f ‎(genitive pompholygis); third declension

  1. A substance deposited from the smoke of smelting furnaces

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative pompholyx pompholygēs
genitive pompholygis pompholygum
dative pompholygī pompholygibus
accusative pompholygem pompholygēs
ablative pompholyge pompholygibus
vocative pompholyx pompholygēs

References

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek a bubble, the slag on the surface of smelted ore.

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