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Definition of Deodorant

1. Noun. A toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors.

Definition of Deodorant

1. n. A deodorizer.

Definition of Deodorant

1. Noun. Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor. ¹

2. Noun. An odor-controlling substance applied to the underarm to counteract odor from perspiration. ¹

3. Adjective. acting or including an agent to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deodorant

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Deodorant

1. 1. Eliminating or masking a smell, especially an unpleasant one. 2. An agent having such an action; especially a cosmetic combined with an antiperspirant. Synonym: deodoriser. Origin: L. De-priv. + odouro, pp. -atus, to give an odour to, fr. Odour, a smell (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deodorant

Literary usage of Deodorant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Introduction to Infectious and Parasitic Diseases: Including Their Cause and by Millard Langfeld (1907)
"Thus formalin and carbolic acid are both deodorant and disinfecting ... Bichloride of mercury, a most powerful disinfectant, is only a deodorant if it is ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1892)
"A Useful Deodorant.—The essential oil of coriander has lately been employed in the proportion of eight drops to one drachm of iodoform as a satisfactory ..."

3. Introduction to Infectious and Parasitic Diseases: Including Their Cause and by Millard Langfeld (1907)
"Thus formalin and carbolic acid are both deodorant and disinfecting ... Bichloride of mercury, a most powerful disinfectant, is only a deodorant if it is ..."

4. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1901)
"A NOTE ON THE DISINFECTANT AND Deodorant PROPERTIES OF AMMONIUM PERSULPHATE. BY MAZYCK P. RAVENEL, MD, AND SAMUEL H. GILLILAND. (From the Laboratory of the ..."

5. A Text-book of Physics and Chemistry for Nurses by Andrew Richard Bliss, Alfred Henderson Olive (1916)
"A deodorant is a substance that absorbs or oxidizes foul odors. Many disinfectants are also good deodorants. Simple deodorants are rarely germicidal. ..."

6. The Modern Materia Medica: The Source, Chemical and Physical Properties (1911)
"It is used in Japan as an antiseptic, antiparasitic and general disinfectant and deodorant. ... deodorant."

7. Gunshot Injuries, Their History, Characteristic Features, Complications, and by Thomas Longmore (1895)
"Antiseptic and deodorant applications.—The efficacy of the antiseptic treatment of wounds, as generally understood, has been so abundantly demonstrated, ..."

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