From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcalamine lotioncal‧a‧mine lo‧tion /ˈkæləmaɪn ˌləʊʃən $ -ˌloʊ-/ noun [uncountable] MHa pink liquid that you put on sore, itchy, or sunburned skin to make it less painful
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calamine lotion• With all that scratching it should have been calamine lotion.• Here's some calamine lotion for your spots.• I rub on soothing calamine lotion, then don a cotton turtleneck to keep myself from scratching.Origin calamine lotion (1800-1900) calamine “mineral from which zinc is obtained” (1500-1600) French, from Medieval Latin calamina, from Latin cadmia, from Greek, from kadmeios “of Thebes, city in ancient Greece where the mineral was originally found” 