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emulsion
noun
such a suspension used in cosmetics.
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emulsion
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pharmacol a mixture in which an oily medicine is dispersed in another liquid
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Content: a liquid preparation consisting of two completely immiscible liquids, one of which, as minute globules coated by a gum or other mucilaginous substance, is dispersed throughout the other: used as a means of making a medicine palatable. Photography. a composition sensitive to some or all of the actinic rays of light, consisting of one or more of the silver halides suspended in gelatin, applied in a thin layer to one surface of a film or the like. QUIZZES
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Origin of emulsion
1605–15; <New Latin ēmulsiōn- (stem of ēmulsiō ), equivalent to Latin ēmuls ( us) milked out ( ē- e- 1 + mulsus, past participle of mulgēre to milk) + -iōn- -ion
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e·mul·sive, adjective
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emulous, emuls., emulsification, emulsifier, emulsify, emulsion, emulsoid, emunctory, emu oil, emu parade, emu-wren
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