zincum

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[zing-kuhm] / ˈzɪŋ kəm /

noun

1. (especially in homeopathic medicine) zinc: often qualified by other Latin terms, as in zincum gluconicum, zincum metallicum, zincum phosphoricum, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of zincum

First recorded in 1645–55; pseudo-Latinization of zinc ( def. )

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zincum

The quotations from Agricola given below, in which zincum is mentioned in an obscure way, do not appear in the first editions of these works, but only in the revised edition of 1559.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

Cognate with cadmia and pyrites is a compound which the Noricians and Rhetians call zincum.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

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