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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pompholyxnoun

    Pompholyx is a white, light and very friable substance, found in crusts adhering to the domes of the furnaces and to the covers of the large crucibles, in which brass is made either from a mixture of copper and lapis calaminaris, or of copper and zink. John Hill Materia Medica.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pompholyxnoun

    impure zinc oxide

  2. Pompholyxnoun

    a skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullae, without inflammation or fever

  3. Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. a bubble, the slag on the surface of smelted ore, from a blister.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pompholyx

    pom′fō-liks, n. a vesicular eruption chiefly on the palms and soles. [Gr.,—pomphos, a blister.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pompholyx in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pompholyx in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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