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/sɪˈɹuːs/ · noun
Synonym of white lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, particularly as used to whiten skin or in early medicine..
Galen hath taken exceptions at such waters which run through leaden pipes, ob cerussam quæ in iis generatur, for that unctuous ceruse, which causeth dysenteries and fluxes […].
Use ceruse when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ceruse means Synonym of white lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, particularly as used to whiten skin or in early medicine..
Common synonyms include white lead.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Galen hath taken exceptions at such waters which run through leaden pipes, ob cerussam quæ in iis generatur, for that unctuous ceruse, which causeth dysenteries and fluxes […].
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