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Definition of Demulcents
1. demulcent [n] - See also: demulcent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demulcents
Literary usage of Demulcents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essentials of materia medica, therapeutics and prescription writing by Henry Morris (1906)
"demulcents. What are demulcents ? demulcents are bland remedies which, ...
Describe the demulcents. AQUA (water) is used in medicine in its purest ..."
2. Therapeutics: its principles and practice by Horatio C. Wood (1906)
"demulcents. THESE are bland substances, which form more or less gummy or ...
It has been affirmed not only that demulcents soothe surfaces to which they are ..."
3. Dental Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing by Eli Herr Long (1909)
"demulcents are agents that protect or soothe raw, irritated 01 inflamed surfaces.
... In poisoning by corrosives and irritants, demulcents are valuable to ..."
4. Materia Medica: For the Use of Students by John Barclay Biddle (1874)
"When administered with the object of increasing the proportion of the fluid parts
of the blood, demulcents are termed Diluents. 6. ..."
5. Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Nurses by Amy Elizabeth Pope (1921)
"demulcents, EMOLLIENTS AND OTHER PROTECTIVES The term demulcent signifies to
smooth and the word emollient, to soften. Therefore, as mucous membranes, ..."
6. A Textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics, or, the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1918)
"Others act as protectives, covering injured surfaces (demulcents, ... I. demulcents.
A large number of colloid substances—chiefly gums, dextrins, ..."
7. The Medical student's vade mecum by George Mendenhall (1871)
"demulcents ? What are demulcents ? They are bland substances which form a viscid
solution ... How do demulcents act ? When applied to an inflamed surface, ..."
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