/ ˈkæləmaɪn; NAmE / (also ˈcalamine lotion ) noun
[ U ] a pink liquid that you put on burnt or sore skin to make it less painful
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : via Old French from medieval Latin calamina , alteration of Latin cadmia calamine, from Greek kadmeia (gē) Cadmean (earth), from Kadmos Cadmus, the founder of Thebes in Greek mythology.