What does "demulcent" mean?
Demulcent: Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive; as, oil is demulcent.
Additional senses
- 2.A substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or protecting i
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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