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Definition of Ointments

1. ointment [n] - See also: ointment

Medical Definition of Ointments

1. Semisolid preparations used topically for protective emollient effects or as a vehicle for local administration of medicaments; ointment bases are various mixtures of fats, waxes, animal and plant oils and solid and liquid hydrocarbons. Synonym: salves; unctions; unguents. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ointments

Literary usage of Ointments

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

1. American Druggist (1891)
"It is better not to trust to any artificial means for preserving the freshness of ointments, but to secure sweet and g ).•>! .notarial, and always to reject ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1867)
"That is the objection to their rancidity, that rancid ointments are stimulating. The point to be attained is between rancid ointments on the one hand and ..."

3. A Treatise on Pharmacy: Designed as a Text-book for the Student, and as a by Edward Parrish (1884)
"The unctuous ingredient« used in ointments are chiefly bland and ... and ointments, lard and suet resemble each other in most of their properties, ..."

4. A Treatise on Pharmacy for Students and Pharmacists by Charles Caspari (1916)
"Lumps or gritty particles in ointments indicate unpardonable carelessness on the part of the dispenser. ..."

5. The Art of Dispensing: A Treatise on the Methods and Processes Involved in edited by Peter MacEwan (1901)
"Ointments. Ointments are fatty compounds, of the consistence of butter, for external application. It is supposed that they should soften or liquefy when ..."

6. Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life by John Gardner Wilkinson (1837)
"Ointments. Of the various objects of the toilet, found at Thebes, and other places, the principal are bottles, or vases, for holding ointment, ..."

7. Laboratory Guide in Experimental Pharmacology by Charles Wallis Edmunds, Arthur Robertson Cushny (1918)
"Ointments. Ointments are soft fatty preparations which are ... Then, too, active substances are sometimes incorporated into ointments in order that they may ..."

8. The Medical formulary by Benjamin Ellis (1864)
"F.—Ointments. Ointments are usually prepared by rubbing together the medicinal ... This jelly is employed both as a basis for ointments and a* an emollient ..."

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