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Definition of: chalybeate
(kə·lib′ē·āt, -it) adjective
1. Impregnated with compounds of iron: said of mineral waters.
2. Resembling iron in taste or action.
—noun A medicine or water containing iron in solution. [<NL chalybeatus <L chalybeius. See CHALYBEAN.]
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