calamine lotion

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   a lotion consisting of a liquid preparation containing calamine; used to treat itching or mild skin irritations

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Questions about calamine lotion

What does calamine lotion mean?

calamine lotion means "a lotion consisting of a liquid preparation containing calamine; used to treat itching or mild skin irritations".

Is calamine lotion a common word?

calamine lotion 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.