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Record 1 2010-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personal Esthetics
  • Medication
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A cosmetic preparation used for the hair and scalp.

CONT

Before the advent of commercial emulsions - hair tonics, dressings, hair creams, pomades, brilliantines - ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Esthétique et soins corporels
  • Médicaments
  • Coiffure
DEF

Composition molle, grasse, parfumée ou médicamenteuse, utilisée soit pour les soins de la peau et des cheveux, soit pour un traitement médical externe.

CONT

Avant la mise en marché des émulsions commerciales (toniques capillaires, baumes de toilette, crèmes, pommades et brillantines) [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estética personal
  • Medicamentos
  • Peinado
DEF

Mixtura de una sustancia grasa y otros ingredientes, que se emplea como cosmético o medicamento.

CONT

Entre las principales formas farmacéuticas de administración tópica se encuentran: Formas líquidas: Colirios [...], gotas nasales y óticas [...], lociones [...]. Formas semisólidas: Ungüento: Pomada en suspensión de elevada consistencia y, por tanto, reducida extensibilidad. Pomada: De consistencia (extensibilidad) intermedia. Crema: Pomada en emulsión óleo-acuosa y consistencia más fluida. Gel [...]

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