Demulcent: alternatives and connections

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a healing application.

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The act or process of medicating.

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The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

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Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient.

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of Salve

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of Soften

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