Demulcent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Serving to soothe or soften.
  • n. A soothing, usually mucilaginous or oily substance, such as glycerin or lanolin, used especially to relieve pain in inflamed or irritated mucous membranes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. soothing or softening
  • n. A soothing medication used to relieve pain in inflamed tissues
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive.
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Softening; mollifying; soothing: as, a demulcent medicine.
  • n. Any medicine which assuages the effects of irritation; that which softens, soothes, or mollifies, as gums, oils, flaxseed, and other mucilaginous substances.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin
  • n. a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin
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    softening    mollifying    soothing    assuasive   
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