demulcent

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A medicinal infusion of root or rhizome, is used in alternative medicine as an astringent, demulcent, and tonic.

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  1. adjective Serving to soothe or soften.
  2. noun A soothing, usually mucilaginous or oily substance, such as glycerin or lanolin, used especially to relieve pain in inflamed or irritated mucous membranes.

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  1. Latin dēmulcēns, dēmulcent-, present participle of dēmulcēre, to soften : dē-, de- + mulcēre, to stroke.

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  1. = Spanish demulcente, from Latin demulcen(t-)s, present participle of demulcere: see demulce.
 

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