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chalybeate definition

cha·lyb·eate (kə lib′ē ət, -āt′)

adjective

  1. containing salts of iron
  2. tasting like iron

Etymology: ModL chalybeatus < L chalybs < Gr chalyps, steel (after Chalybes, name of a people in Pontus noted for their steel) + -ate

noun

a chalybeate liquid or medicine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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