Definitionadj. having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin
Last update: October 8, 2015
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If I could just find an emollient that his skin would tolerate, I 'd be a happy bunny. [Please select]
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Glycerin soap ordinarily consists of about equal parts of pure hard soap and glycerin (the latter valuable for its emollient properties). [Please select]
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The Prussian belief in sand-paper as an emollient must be by now rudely shaken. [Please select]
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They likewise administered emollient clysters if the evacuations were bloody. [Please select]
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Twist a godsend, a purifier, an emollient--like some blessed unction dropped from above. [Please select]
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In the pulmonary form of the typhus, but only during the acute stage, the drinks must be warm and emollient, composed of a decoction of soothing substances, with mallows, &c. [Please select]
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Granulations are best promoted by warm emollient applications, such as poultices of oatmeal, linseed-meal, or barley-flour, which ought to be frequently renewed to prevent their becoming cold or dry. [Please select]
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