Cadmia

·noun An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.

cadmia
cadmī̆a (cadmē̆a, Paul. ex Fest. p. 47, 10 Müll.), ae, f., = καδμεία or καδμία, I an ore of zinc ,...

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