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English
Noun
demulsion (plural demulsions)
- Something which has a soothing effect.
1813, Alexander Philips Wilson Philip, A Treatise on Febrile Diseases:The only means we possess, if we except opiates, of defending the stomach and intestines against irritation, are, mucilaginous and oily demulsions. The latter seem to be the most effectual, but they are most apt to oppress the stomach.
1930, Medical Life, volume 37, page 129:Inasmuch as the combination of Prussian blue with water and other analogous mixtures belong neither to the category of true solutions, nor to that of emulsions or demulsions, nor to the mucilages or jellies,
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