(a.) Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient.
(n.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Emollients can increase the water content in the stratum corneum by delivery of their water to the skin, and by occlusion.
(2) As opposition to her and her measures became more intense, she responded not with emollience but with increased ferocity.
(3) In conclusion, regular use of emollients prevented irritant dermatitis from a detergent.
(4) p1 percent) with desoximetasone emollient cream (0.25 percent) showed the new topical steroid to be clinically superior in the relief of moderate and severe inflammatory manifestations of psoriasis and atopic dermatitis.
(5) While it’s too early to suppose that President Trump’s attitude won’t change, given his unpredictability, the more emollient tone does appear to be pacifying markets for now.” Analysts also pointed to another reason for the strength in US markets.
(6) One wing of the party wants Ed Miliband to take the fight to Ukip; the other calls for a more emollient approach so as not to insult or upset former Labour supporters who have been seduced by the Faragian view of things.
(7) But, if the prime minister believed Morgan would simply be a more emollient version of her predecessor – or as one of her close allies put it, “if they thought she would just be a Stepford minister” – he had misunderstood the 41-year-old MP for Loughborough.
(8) But everyone knows that Bercow, a much more abrasive Commons chair than either Hoyle or his equally emollient Tory colleague, Nigel Evans, is not popular among Tory MPs.
(9) Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, who has previously compared the Republican presidential nominee to Hitler and Mussolini , tried to strike a more emollient tone, tweeting : “I believe in dialogue to promote the interests of Mexico in the world and to protect Mexicans wherever they are.” Many of his countrymen, especially among the intellectual elite, were rather blunter as they anticipated the arrival of a man who has accused Mexico of “bringing their worst people” to America, including criminals and rapists.
(10) As the campaign has progressed, and his chances of victory have increased, some figures on the party’s centre-right, such as Chuka Umunna, who had initially sounded alarms about the leftwing insurgent, began to make more emollient noises.
(11) Then standard amounts of the emollients were applicated to the induced skin reactions, twice daily for a period of 5 days.
(12) Nor does Xi's confidence in overseas dealings necessarily indicate a more emollient approach to foreign relations.
(13) Supportive therapy involves maintaining the affected extremities at warm temperatures and the use of emollient creams.
(14) His emollient language, in answer to a question from the former Labour sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe, contrasted with last week's prime minister's questions when he described the £162m programme as a "complete failure".
(15) The message was a reprise of the commitment to engagement approach he signalled in his inaugural address and was made in an emollient tone that contrasted sharply with that used by George Bush, who included the Islamic Republic in his "axis of evil".
(16) Very superficial burns require only application of an emollient to limit inflammation and pain and prevent desiccation.
(17) Emollient and realistic, because, without question, Tsipras is in an uncomfortable position.
(18) In this study, the influence of 4 after-work emollients on the healing of irritant skin reactions of varying intensity was assessed.
(19) Findings from these multicenter studies confirm the value of the skin replica technique and help establish the efficacy of tretinoin emollient 0.05% cream for photodamaged skin.
(20) Brian Cathcart, the executive director of the campaign group, later issued a more emollient statement: "The direct involvement of ministers in these secret negotiations means no one can be confident that the public's interests are being served rather than the interests of the editors and proprietors, or of the politicians."
Lubricate
Definition:
(v. t.) To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied.
(v. t.) To apply a lubricant to, as oil or tallow.
Example Sentences:
(1) Utilizing the bilateral comparison technique in 30 hospitalized patients with chronic stable plaque-type psoriasis vulgaris, we closely monitored the clinical responses to ultraviolet radiation (Westinghouse fluorescent FS40 bulbs, 290--400 nm) and a variety of tar preparations and lubricant vehicles in combination and separately.
(2) Several functional properties of MG1, MG2, and PRG have been examined, including their presence in two-hour in vivo enamel pellicle, binding to synthetic hydroxyapatite, lubricating properties, and interactions with oral streptococci.
(3) We have reviewed the functions of salivary secretions and the major role that saliva plays in maintaining oral homeostasis by protection, repair, and lubrication as well as in the initial phase of digestion.
(4) Results of the determinations indicated that protective leather gloves contained considerable content of chromium, and chromium-free machine oils and lubricants were polluted with chromium's minute quantities as the oils and lubrications were being used.
(5) I used it primarily as a social lubricant but also to alleviate boredom, stress and loneliness.
(6) An artificial joint that articulates with full fluid film lubrication could greatly reduce wear and frictional torque and hence reduce the incidence of loosening and inflammatory tissue reaction.
(7) Sexual dysfunctions which impair coital ability, especially ejaculatory difficulties in the male and genital atrophy and loss of vaginal lubrication in the female, are frequent.
(8) They distribute stresses over a broad area of articular cartilage, absorb shocks during dynamic loading, and probably assist in joint lubrication.
(9) Lubricants, anthralin, and corticosteroids form the mainstay of therapy in mild and moderate psoriasis of the palms and soles.
(10) These include: transcutaneous energy transmission and an implanted variable volume device which eliminate the need for percutaneous access; utilization of an intrathoracic blood pump and variable volume device which allow the diaphragm and abdominal cavity to remain intact; parathoracic or subcutaneous location of the transformer secondary, energy converter, internal battery and interconnecting elements allowing replacement with a minor surgical procedure; employment of the "biolized" continuous blood contacting surface which has the potential of long-term use without anticoagulants and utilization of an electrohydraulic energy converter which provides synchronization without requiring transducers and associated electronics and which provides lubrication of mechanical components.
(11) In the second experimental group the canal negotiation was done in the same way but using a cream (ENDO-PTC) with sodium hypochlorite as a lubrication substance.
(12) This modulates the interaction strength between the polypeptide and water species that "lubricates" the chain's movements, leading to larger protein-volume fluctuation and higher ultrasonic absorption.
(13) Eucerin cream, Gauztex bandages, and DuoDerm pads were used to lubricate and stabilize anesthetic armamentarium.
(14) Since prosthetic meniscal replacement may be performed in the setting of normal articular cartilage, a prosthesis will be required to match the exact joint configuration, induce the same lubricity, produce the same coefficient of friction, and absorb and dampen the same joint forces (without incurring significant creep or abrasion) as does the normal meniscus.
(15) Attention is their choice of lubricant, and we really should not provide it.
(16) The effects of lubrication on the retention of parallel-sided and tapered cast post and cores cemented with zinc phosphate-cement (ZnPO4) and glass ionomer cements were investigated.
(17) Optimal conditions for the protective and lubricant properties of respiratory mucus are represented by high wettability, and adhesiveness high enough not to induce flow of mucus in the respiratory bronchioles under gravity but low enough to mobilize mucus by airflow during coughing.
(18) This lubricant was chosen because it does not damage the tissues defenses of the host and invite infection.
(19) When sharpened with citrus and lubricated with olive oil, this is a real delight.
(20) The final level reached was independent of the specific surface area of the lubricants, but granular magnesium stearate gave a lower surface coverage than the powdered lubricants.