zinc sulfate

American

noun

Chemistry.

a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.

zinc sulfate Scientific

A colorless crystalline compound used especially in hydrated form as an emetic and astringent, as a fungicide, and in wood and skin preservatives. Chemical formula: ZnSO ₄ .

Etymology

Origin of zinc sulfate

First recorded in 1850–55

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Within weeks he had landed on what he insisted was an effective cure: a three-drug cocktail of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, the antibiotic azithromycin and zinc sulfate.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2022

And we need better zinc supplements, Knoell says: Most now come in salt form, as zinc sulfate or chloride, but these are not readily taken up by the body.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022

And at Broward Health Medical Center in Florida, Dr. Jean-Jacques Rajter has already been using ivermectin in addition to hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and zinc sulfate to treat his COVID-19 patients, according to NBC Miami.

From Fox News • Apr. 16, 2020

But doctors still think nasal sprays a hopeful idea, hope some other chemical may prove more effective than zinc sulfate.

From Time Magazine Archive

The treatment is bed rest, which he desperately needs anyway, injections of zinc sulfate, and quinine tablets.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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