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chalybeate

[ kuh-lib-ee-it, -eyt ]
/ kəˈlɪb i ɪt, -ˌeɪt /
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adjective

containing or impregnated with salts of iron, as a mineral spring or medicine.

noun

a chalybeate water, medicine, or the like.

Nearby words

chalone, chalukya, chalumeau, chalupa, chalutz, chalybeate, chalybite, cham, chamade, chamaedorea, chamaeleon

Origin of chalybeate

1625–35; < New Latin chalybēātus, Latin chalybē(ïus) of steel (< Greek chalybēís, equivalent to chalybē-, variant stem of chályps iron + -is adj. suffix) + -ātus -ate1; see chalybite
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British Dictionary definitions for chalybeate

chalybeate

/ (kəˈlɪbɪɪt) /

adjective

containing or impregnated with iron salts

noun

any drug containing or tasting of iron

Word Origin for chalybeate

C17: from New Latin chalybēātus, ultimately from khalups iron
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Medicine definitions for chalybeate

chalybeate

[ kă-lĭb′ē-ĭt ]

adj.

Impregnated with or containing iron salts.
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