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Grammar : Noun
Spell : lan-l-in
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæn l ɪn



Définition of lanolin

Origin :
  • fatty matter extracted from sheep's wool," 1885, from German Lanolin, coined by German physician Mathias Eugenius Oscar Liebreich (1838-1908) from Latin lana "wool" (see wool) + oleum "oil, fat" (see oil (n.)) + chemical suffix -in (2).
  • As in cold cream : noun cosmetic cream for cleaning and softening the skin
Example sentences :
  • Preferably here one should use an ointment instead of collodion; salicylic acid 40 parts, vaseline 30 parts and lanolin 30 parts.
  • Extract from : « Touring Afoot » by Claude Powell Fordyce
  • Lanolin is said to surpass in its power of penetration all other bases, but this is not borne out by experience.
  • Extract from : « Essentials of Diseases of the Skin » by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • Lard, petrolatum (or cosmoline or vaseline), cold cream and lanolin.
  • Extract from : « Essentials of Diseases of the Skin » by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • Wool′fat, lanolin; Wool′fell, the skin with the wool still on it; Wool′-gath′ering, indulgence of idle fancies.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) » by Various
  • According to the statements of the manufacturers, Bengus Analgesic Balm contains menthol, salicylate of methyl and lanolin.
  • Extract from : « The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2 » by Various
  • Evidently this imposingly named product is practically a lanolin ointment containing oil of wintergreen and menthol.
  • Extract from : « The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2 » by Various
  • The classical Singer Sewing Machine decision and the lanolin case are in point.
  • Extract from : « The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2 » by Various

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