blanc fixe

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   a white insoluble radiopaque powder used as a pigment

   Synonymsbarium sulphatebarium sulfate

   Broadersulfate

Questions about blanc fixe

What does blanc fixe mean?

blanc fixe means "a white insoluble radiopaque powder used as a pigment".

What is another word for blanc fixe?

Close synonyms include barium sulphate, barium sulfate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blanc fixe a common word?

blanc fixe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.