adj.
- Impregnated with or containing salts of iron.
- Tasting like iron, as water from a mineral spring.
Water or medicine containing iron in solution.
[New Latin chalybeātus, from Latin chalybs, steel, from Greek khalups, khalub-, possibly from Khalups, sing. of Khalubes, Chalybes, people of Asia Minor famous for their steel.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
