Cerate vs Cerite - What's the difference?
cerate | cerite |
(medicine, archaic) An unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.
(Webster 1913)
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(mineral) A hydrous silicate of cerium (and other metals).
(zoology) A horn-shaped cerithiid shell.