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Lanolin   /lˈænələn/  /lˈænəlɪn/   Listen
Lanolin

noun
1.
A yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics.  Synonyms: wool fat, wool grease.
2.
An emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained from the wool of sheep).





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"Lanolin" Quotes from Famous Books



... soft water, with the addition of 1 grain sulphate of morphia, may be used several times a day. If ulceration occurs, it is well to dust powdered calomel into the eye twice daily, or apply to the eyelids a salve of yellow oxid of mercury, 5 per cent in lanolin. Some of this may go on to the cornea and beneath the lids. Apply twice daily. (See "Ulcers of ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture


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