CALAMINE LOTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calamine lotion mean? 

• CALAMINE LOTION (noun)
  The noun CALAMINE LOTION has 1 sense:

1. a lotion consisting of a liquid preparation containing calamine; used to treat itching or mild skin irritations

  Familiarity information: CALAMINE LOTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALAMINE LOTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lotion consisting of a liquid preparation containing calamine; used to treat itching or mild skin irritations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("calamine lotion" is a kind of...):

application; lotion (liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin)

Meronyms (substance of "calamine lotion"):

calamine; hemimorphite (a white mineral; a common ore of zinc)