Definitions for emollients

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emollients e·mol·lient

Spelling: [ih-mol-yuh nt]

IPA: /ɪˈmɒl yənt/

Emollients is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 628 anagrams from letters in emollients (eeillmnost).

Definitions for emollients

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 emollients

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

Demulcent and emollient; principally used for poultices and fomentations.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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