noun
- a thick ointment or salve made with wax, oil, and medicinal substances
Usage: medical; pharmaceutical
Examples
- The pharmacist prepared a cerate to treat the patient’s skin condition.
- Ancient healers used various cerates made from beeswax and herbs.
- The doctor prescribed a zinc oxide cerate for the wound.
- She applied the medicinal cerate to the affected area twice daily.
- The old recipe called for mixing the herbs into a smooth cerate.
- Traditional cerates were often stored in small ceramic pots.