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单词 demulcent
释义 demulcent, a. and n. Chiefly Med.|dɪˈmʌlsənt|
[f. L. dēmulcēnt-em, pr. pple. of dēmulcēre to demulce.]
A. adj. Soothing, lenitive, mollifying, allaying irritation.
1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 264 All insipid inodorous Vegetables are demulcent.1854S. Thomson Wild Fl. iii. (ed. 4) 302 The linseed and the mallows, both valuable for their demulcent properties.
B. n. A demulcent medicine.
1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 418 Demulcents, or what abates Acrimony.1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 576.
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