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Webster 1913 Edition
Cerate
Ce′rate
,Noun.
[L.
ceratum
, ceratm, fr. cera
wax.] (Med.)
An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.
☞ Cerate consists essentially of wax (for which resin or spermaceti is sometimes substituted) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients. The cerate (formerly called simple cerate) of the United States Pharmacopoeia is a mixture of three parts of white wax and seven parts of lard.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cerate
CERATE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
cerate
cerate
English
Noun
cerate (plural cerates)
- (medicine, archaic) An unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.