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BLACK LOTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black lotion mean? 

BLACK LOTION (noun)
  The noun BLACK LOTION has 1 sense:

1. a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic soresplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BLACK LOTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

black lotion; blackwash

Hypernyms ("black 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 "black lotion"):

limewater (solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid)

calomel; mercurous chloride (a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic)


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