DEMULCENT
\dˈɛmʌlsənt], \dˈɛmʌlsənt], \d_ˈɛ_m_ʌ_l_s_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of DEMULCENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin
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a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin
By Princeton University
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having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin
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a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or protecting it from irritation. Gum Arabic, glycerin, olive oil, etc., are demulcents.
By Oddity Software
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A substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or protecting it from irritation. Gum Arabic, glycerin, olive oil, etc., are demulcents.
By Noah Webster.
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Any medicine of a mucilaginous nature capable of protecting the tissues from the action of irritant or acrid humours.
By Thomas Sheridan