Pompholyx

·noun Impure zinc oxide.

II. Pompholyx ·noun A skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullae, without inflammation or fever.

pompholyx
pomphŏlyx, ygis, f., = πομφόλυξ, a substance deposited from the smoke of smelting-furnaces , pompho...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.