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What is the noun for cerates?

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cerate
  1. (inorganic chemistry) The anion CeO32- of cerium.
  2. (medicine) 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.
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    1. “In this state they should be dressed with a little resin cerate or elemi ointment.”
      “For corns between the toes, add to the cerate a little soft, open white wool, such as you may pick off the surface of a blanket.”
      “This name has also been given to compound cerate of lead, and even to cerate of acetate of lead.”
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