pompholyx

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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pompholyx (uncountable)

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

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ (pomphólux).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pompholyx f (genitive pompholygis); third declension

  1. A substance deposited from the smoke of smelting furnaces

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pompholyx pompholygēs
Genitive pompholygis pompholygum
Dative pompholygī pompholygibus
Accusative pompholygem pompholygēs
Ablative pompholyge pompholygibus
Vocative pompholyx pompholygēs

References

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  • 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.