ceˈruleo-
combining form of L. cærule-us, in the names of various chemical compounds, as ceruleo-sulphuric acid; ceruleo-lactin, etc.
| 1810 Henry Elem. Chem. (1840) II. 281 Ceruleo-sulphate of Potassa. 1838 Ceruleo-sulphate [see cerulein]. 1875 Ure Dict. Arts II. 906 s.v. Indigo, A peculiar acid, to which the names of indigo-sulphuric, sulphindigotic, sulphindylic, or cæruleo-sulphuric acid have been applied [Watts (III. 258) calls this Sulphocærulic acid]. 1879 Watts Dict. Chem., 2nd Supp. 276 Ceruleolactin, a hydrated aluminium phosphate..found in botryoïdal and reniform masses. |
b. ceruleo-nasal: humorous for blue-nose 2.
| 1858 O. W. Holmes De Sauty, Tell me, O Provincial; speak, Ceruleo-nasal. |