Meaning of EMOLLIENT
| Pronunciation: | | i'mâlyunt
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- [n] toiletry consisting of any of various substances resembling cream that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
- [adj] having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin
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| | Synonyms: | | cream, demulcent, ointment, salving, soft, softening |
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| | See Also: | | cold cream, face cream, hand cream, lanolin, nard, spikenard, sunblock, sunblocker, sunscreen, toilet article, toiletries, toiletry, vanishing cream | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\E*mol"lient\ (?; 106), a. [L. emolliens, -entis, p.
pr. of emollire to soften; e out + mollire to soften, mollis
soft: cf. F. ['e]mollient. See {Mollify}.]
Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient. ``Emollient
applications.'' --Arbuthnot.
\E*mol"lient\ (?; 105), n. (Med.)
An external something or soothing application to allay
irritation, soreness, etc.
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| | Related Terms: | | alleviating, alleviative, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, assuasive, balm, balmy, balsam, balsamic, benumbing, brilliantine, cathartic, cerate, chrism, cleansing, cold cream, collyrium, cream, deadening, demulcent, dulling, easing, embrocation, eye-lotion, eyewash, eyewater, face cream, hand lotion, inunction, inunctum, lanolin, lenitive, liniment, loosening, lotion, lubricant, lubricating, lubricational, lubricative, mitigating, mitigative, mollifying, nard, numbing, oil, ointment, pain-killing, palliative, pomade, pomatum, purgative, relaxing, relieving, remedial, salve, softening, soothing, soothing syrup, spikenard, subduing, unction, unguent, unguentum, vulnerary |
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