Definitions for emollient

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emollient e·mol·lient

Spelling: [ih-mol-yuh nt]

IPA: /ɪˈmɒl yənt/

Emollient is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 297 anagrams from letters in emollient (eeillmnot).

Definitions for emollient

noun

1. an emollient medicine, lotion, salve, etc.

adjective

1. having the power of softening or relaxing, as a medicinal substance; soothing, especially to the skin: Synonyms: relieving, palliative, healing, assuasive.

Origin of emollient

1635-45; Latin ēmollient- (stem of ēmolliēns) softening up (present participle of ēmollīre), equivalent to ē- e-¹ + molli(s) soft + -ent- Examples for emollient

Uses, &c. Sweet almonds are nutritive, emollient, and demulcent; but frequently disagree with weak stomachs.

Rubenstein listened and as an emollient agreed to an in-house investigation.

The plant is medicinal, yielding an astringent as well as an emollient.

emollient; used to soften and ripen tumours, indurations, &c.

They eulogised, at the same time, the emollient properties of the dog's-tooth.

Demulcent and emollient; principally used for poultices and fomentations.

It is demulcent and emollient; chiefly used in ointments and cerates.

emollient and stimulant; chiefly used as a pomade for the hair.

emollient; in dry and scaly skin disease, and to allay itching and surfacial irritation; also to promote suppuration, &c.

It is emollient and, in decoction, is used as a substitute for flaxseed.