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Definition of Chalybeates
1. chalybeate [n] - See also: chalybeate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalybeates
Literary usage of Chalybeates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics by Jonathan Pereira (1842)
"When, however, the quantity of carbonic acid is not large, and the waters do not
sparkle in the glass, they arc termed simply carbonated chalybeates, or, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"... pulse may be frequent and voluminous, bleeding should be avoided ; and it may
even be advisable to employ chalybeates, and the milder vegetable bitters. ..."
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