2008, Carol A. Miller, Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults (Fifth edition), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, p. 505, [T]he effectiveness of an emollient is based on its ability to prevent water evaporation, […]
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Emollient
//ɪˈmɒl.ɪ.ənt//
Synonyms for "emollient" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (36)
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36 translations across 12 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μάλαγμα noun (something which softens or lubricates the skin)
Arabic
1 entries- مُرَطِّب noun (something which softens or lubricates the skin)
Bulgarian
2 entries- овлажняващ adj (Moisturizing)
- успокояващ adj (Soothing; mollifying)
Catalan
2 entries- emol·lient adj (Moisturizing)
- emol·lient noun (something which softens or lubricates the skin)
Dutch
4 entries- verzachtend adj (Soothing; mollifying)
- huidverzorgend noun (something which softens or lubricates the skin)
- verzachtend noun (anything soothing)
- zalvend noun (something which softens or lubricates the skin)
Finnish
4 entries- kosteuttava adj (Moisturizing)
- pehmentävä adj (Soothing; mollifying)
- pehmentäjä noun (something which softens or lubricates the skin)
- pehmentäjä noun (anything soothing)
French
2 entries- lénifiant adj (Soothing; mollifying)
- émollient noun (something which softens or lubricates the skin)
German
4 entries- befeuchtend adj (Moisturizing)
- erweichend adj (Soothing; mollifying)
- lindernd adj (Soothing; mollifying)
- weichmachend adj (Soothing; mollifying)
Hungarian
1 entries- bőrápoló krém noun (something which softens or lubricates the skin)
Indonesian
1 entries- emolien noun (something which softens or lubricates the skin)
Italian
4 entries- emolliente adj (Moisturizing)
- emolliente adj (Soothing; mollifying)
- demulcente noun (something which softens or lubricates the skin)
- demulcente noun (anything soothing)
Spanish
1 entries- emoliente noun (something which softens or lubricates the skin)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
"Several of the visitors then partook for a short time, with evident Parisian gusto, of the pleasures of the dance," yes--we did, and the lovely girls with whom we polked (ladies being one of the Club emollients) were eloquent in praise of our exquisite tournures which were shown to such advantage beneath our tight uniforms.
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Hail, Poetry, thou heav’n-born maid! / Thou gildest e’en the pirate’s trade. / Hail, flowing fount of sentiment! / All hail, divine emollient!
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Attentive conversation is an emollient I lack sorely aboard Prophetess & the doctor is a veritable polymath.
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