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Definition of “zinc ointment”

zinc ointment

Definitions

noun

  1. a medicinal ointment consisting of zinc oxide, petrolatum, and paraffin, used to treat certain skin diseases

Example Sentences Including 'zinc ointment'

His son Charles and daughter-in-law Elizabeth bustled about in the dispensary doing what they could with zinc ointment and quinine.
Christy Campbell FENIAN FIRE: The British Government Plot to Assassinate Queen Victoria (2002)

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