ceruse
nounUK /sɪˈɹuːs/
Etymology From French céruse, from Latin cērusa, variant of cērussa, q.v.
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Usually Synonym of white lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, particularly as used to whiten skin or in early medicine.
- Galen hath taken exceptions at such waters which run through leaden pipes, ob cerussam quæ in iis generatur, for that unctuous ceruse, which causeth dysenteries and fluxes […]., II.ii.1.1
- Derived terms
- cerused, Venetian ceruse
- Related terms
- cerussite