CALX

(Lat.), n. f. (sometimes m.). Ka2lx(ka3lx). Gen., cal'cis. Gr., x<A$ (1st def.), rripva. (3d def.). Fr., chaux (1st def.). Ger., Kalk(lst def.), Ferse (3d def.). Syn.: calcaria (1st def.). 1. Lime; of the U. S. Ph., purified quick-lime (calcium monoxide) obtained by calcining calcium carbonate. In chemical nomenclature the word was formerly used in combination to denote the salts of calcium. 2. Of the old chemists, an incombustible residue obtained by burning a substance in contact with the air (applied to several metallic oxides). [B.] 3. The heel. [A, 318.] See CALCANEUM. Acetas calcis. Calcium acetate. [B, 119.] Aqua calcis [Austr. Ph., Belg. Ph., Finn. Ph., Hung. Ph.]. See Liquor caret's. Aqua calcis cerata. Fr., eau de chaux a la cire. A preparation made by gently heating 1 part of yellow wax with 48 parts of lime-water and straining; used as a fomentation for ill-conditioned and sluggish ulcers. [WUrtzb. Ph., 1796 (B, 119).] Aqua calcis vivae. See Liquor calcis. Balneum cum calce. A bath to which 3 Ibs. of slaked lime are added at the time of using; employed in gout, the itch, etc. [B, 199.] Benzoas calcis. See CALCIUM benzoate. Calcis carbon as praecipitata [Br. Ph., 1867]. Precipitated calcium carbonate. [B.] Calcis chloridum. See C. chlorata. Calcis hydras. Slaked lime. [B.] Calcis phosphas [Br. Ph., 1867]. Normal (tribasic) calcium phosphate. [B,95.] C. acetata. Calcium acetate. [B, 119.] C. an tim on i i, C. an tim on i i Anglorum, etc. See under AN TIM ONIUM. C. arsenic! alba. See under ARSENICUM. C. bismuth i. Bismuth sub nitrate. [B, 88. 97.] C. canst ica. Quick-lime. [B.] C. chlorata [U. S. Ph., Br. Ph., 186rj, C. chlorin at a [U. S. Ph., 1870, Br. Ph.]. Fr., chlorure de chaux sec [Fr. Cod.]. Ger., Chlorkalk. Syn.: calcaria chlorata [Ger. Ph.], hypochloris calcic us [Fr. Cod.]. Chlorinated lime, chloride of lime; a compound resulting from the action of chlorine on calcium hydrate. According to the U. S. Ph., it should contain at least 25 per cent, of chlorine available for bleaching purposes. It is a damp whitish powder or lumpy ma , giving off chlorine and becoming more moist on exposure to the air. Used as a disinfectant and bleaching agent. [B.] C. cinereus mercurii. See under MERCURICS. C. citrata. Calcium citrate. [B, 119.] C. cum cal i (seu kali) puro. See POTASSA cunt calce. C. cupri virid is. See under CUPRUM. C. extinct a. Fr., chaux eteinte. Ger., geloschter Kalk. Slaked lime. [B, 119.] C. ferri nigra. See under FERRUM. C. fluor at a, C. fluoric a. Calcium fluoride, fluor-spar. 180.] C. hydrargyri alba, C. hydrargyri rubra. See unS3,er HYDRARGYRUM. C. Jovis. Melted tin stirred till it is calcined. [L, 119.] C. lota. See C. extinct a. C. mercurii, C. mercurii cinerea, etc. See under MERCURIUS. C. oxy muriatic a. See C. chlorata. C. prseparata. See C. extinct a. C. pur a, C. recens. Quick-lime. [L, 45.] C. sac char at a. 1. Scheele's name for calcium oxalate occurring in rhubarb and other plants. [B, 3.] 2. See Syrupus calcis. C. salita. Calcium chloride. [B, 119.] C. stibii cum sulphure. See under STIBIUM. C. snlphurata [U. S. Ph., Br. Ph.]. Fr., foie de soufre calcaire, sulfure de calcium. Ger., Kalkschwefelleber, Schwefelcalcium. Syn.: hepar sulphur is calcareum, calcaria sulphur at a [Gr. Ph.], sulphuretum calcium [Finn. Ph., Netherl. Ph.] (seu calcii [Belg. Ph.]), calcium sulfur a tum [Ru . Ph.j. Sulphurated lime, consisting largely of calcium mono sulphide (hence often improperly called calcium sulphide), made by calcining 10 parts of lime with 9 of sulphur, or gypsum with charcoal [Belg. Ph., Finn. Ph.]; a grayish or yellowish-white powder smelling like hydrogen sulphide and of a repulsive alkaline taste, sparinglv soluble in water; used to prevent or limit suppuration. [B, 5, 81, 95, 119.] C. sulphuric a. Calcium sulphate. [B, 119.] C. usta, C. venal is. Quick-lime. [B, 119.] C. Veneris. Verdigris. [L, 119.] C. vismuthi. Bismuth sub nitrate. [B, 88, 97.] C. vltriolata. Calcium sulphate. [B, 180.] C. viva. Quicklime. [B, 119.] C. viva philosophorum. See C. HYDRARGYRI. C. zlnci, C. zinc i praccipitata. See under ZIXCCM. Carbon as calcis. Calcium carbonate. [B, 119.] Carbon as calcis depnratus [Belg. Ph.]. See GRETA prceparata. Carbon as calcis nativus pulverulent us. Chalk. [B, 119.] Chloruretum calcis. See C. chlorata. Citras calcis. Calcium citrate. [B.] Decoctum sulphuret i calcis Hoffmann!. See Aqua CALCARIA sulphur a to-stibiatce. Hepar calcis. See C. sulphur at a. Linctus calcis chloratae [Swed. Ph.]. A mixture of 1 part of chlorinated lime, 4 parts of distilled water, and 5 of purified honey. [B, 95.] Lin i mentum calcis [U. S. Ph., Br. Ph.], Linimentnm ex aqua calcis. Fr., liniment (ou sav on) calcaire. Ger., Kalkliniment. Syn.: lin i mentum calcicum [Fr. Cod., Belg. Ph., Finn. Ph., Norweg. Ph., Swed. Ph.] (seu calcarium [Ru . Ph.]). Lime liniment, calcium soap, carron-oil; a preparation consisting of equal parts by weight of lime-water and cotton-seed oil [U. S. Ph.], or equal parts by volume of lime-water and olive-oil [Br. Ph.], or equal parts by weight of lime-water and sweet-almond oil [Fr. Cod., Belg. Ph.]; or 2 parts of lime-water and 1 part of almond-oil [Sp. Ph.]; or equal parts of lime-water and linseed-oil, as in the original carron-oil [Norweg. Ph., Swed. Ph., Ru . Ph., Swi Ph., Finn. Ph.]. The oil is saponified, forming a curdy ma which separates on standing. [B.] See also Lin i mentum calcium cum OPIO. Liquor calcis [U. S. Ph., Br. Ph.]. Fr., eau de chaux c. Ger., Kalkwa er. Syn.: aqua calcar ice [Ger. Ph., Gr. Ph.], aqua calcis [Fr. Cod.], liquor calcii oxydati [Swi Ph.], calcaria caustic a soluta [Ru . Ph.], solutio hydratis calcic i [Dan. Ph., Netherl. Ph., Norweg. Ph., Swed. Ph.]. Lime-water; a saturated solution of lime in water; prepared by A, ape; A*, at; A3, ah; A, all; Ch, chin; Cha, loch (Scottish); [s. 36]