Obsolete term for impregnated with or containing iron salts and for a therapeutic agent containing iron. [G. chalyps (chalyb-), steel]
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cha·ly·be·ate kə-'lib-ē-ət, -'lē-bē- adj impregnated with salts of iron also having a taste due to iron <\chalybeate water>
chalybeate n a chalybeate liquid or medicine
Medical dictionary. 2011.