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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pharmacopœial name for simple cerate, consisting of 30 parts of white wax and 70 of lard; ceratum adipis.
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Nor could it ever forgive him for rendering ludicrous supposed panaceas, the so-called arcana (mumia, ceratum humanum, unicornu).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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