Diapalma

Diapalma

Diapalma

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In pharmacology, diapalma (from Lat dia, "made of" + palma, "palm"[1]) is a desiccating or drying plaster, named for the wood of the palm tree, from which the spatula is made that is used to stir the mixture while boiling.[2] It was formerly composed of common oil, hogs-fat, and litharge of gold;[2] or also of palm oil, litharge, and zinc sulfate. Now, it is made of white wax, emplastrum simplex, and sulfate of zinc.[1]

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    "diapalma". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
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    Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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