CETACEUM
\sˌɛtɐsˈiːəm], \sˌɛtɐsˈiːəm], \s_ˌɛ_t_ɐ_s_ˈiː__ə_m]\
Definitions of CETACEUM
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By James Champlin Fernald
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An inodorous, insipid, white, crystallized, friable, unctuous substance, obtained from the brain of the Physe'ter Macroceph'alus or Spermaceti Whale, (F.) Cachalot, and other varieties of whale. S. g. .9433: melts at 112. It is demulcent and emollient, and has been given in coughs and dysentery, but is mostly used in ointments. Dose, rubbed up with sugar or egg.
By Robley Dunglison
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Syn.: spermaceti, or spermaceti. A white crystalline mass obtained from cavities in the cranium of the spermaceti whale, consisting chiefly of cetyl palmitate. It is used in medicine as a basis of cerates and ointments, being devoid of any irritant or other marked properties.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe