pompholyx

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English

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Etymology

From Latin pompholyx, from Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ (pomphólux, “a bubble; the slag on the surface of smelted ore”).

Noun

pompholyx (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) dyshidrosis
  2. (chemistry, obsolete) impure zinc oxide

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ (pomphólux).

Pronunciation

Noun

pompholyx f (genitive pompholygis); third declension

  1. A substance deposited from the smoke of smelting furnaces

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pompholyx pompholygēs
genitive pompholygis pompholygum
dative pompholygī pompholygibus
accusative pompholygem pompholygēs
ablative pompholyge pompholygibus
vocative pompholyx pompholygēs

References

  • “pompholyx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pompholyx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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