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Definition of Cosmetics
1. Noun. Preparations applied externally to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes. ¹
2. Noun. The study of such products. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cosmetics
1. cosmetic [n] - See also: cosmetic
Medical Definition of Cosmetics
1. Composite term for a variety of camouflages applied to the skin, lips, hair, and nails for purposes of beautifying in accordance with cultural dictates. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cosmetics
Literary usage of Cosmetics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Code of Federal Regulations: Food and Drugs by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"... and cosmetics to which the colon additives wene added on on ... and cosmetics
aften May 4, 1982 and use of the colon additive in the ..."
2. The British Journal of Homoeopathy edited by John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell (1876)
"But cosmetics become dangerous when they contain poisonous metallic ... The toxic
action of cosmetics containing lead may be seen from the following case. ..."
3. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
""Hair-Dyes and Depilatories, as a class of cosmetics, are perhaps, far more
ancient and extensive than that of any other. A recent traveler states that, ..."
4. American Agriculturist (1848)
"THE EFFECTS OF cosmetics ON THE SKIN. THE deep interest I take in the moral
improvement of my young countrywomen, more particularly those who are so ..."
5. The Yellow Book by Fraser Harrison (1894)
"A Defence of cosmetics By Max Beerbohm •v JAY, but it is useless to protest.
Artifice must queen it once 1>| more in the town, and so, if there be any whose ..."
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