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“wool”
(Latin: wool)
(Latin: tuft or cluster, as of wool)
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“wool”
lanolin, lanoline; wool fat
1. A fatty substance that is obtained from wool and which is used in skin creams to soften the skin.
2. A waxy, fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands of sheep, which is deposited on the wool fibers.
3. The purified wax-like substance from the wool of sheep, cleaned, deodorized, decolorized, and containing not more than 0.25 per cent water; used in the formulation of water-in-oil creams and ointments.
2. A waxy, fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands of sheep, which is deposited on the wool fibers.
3. The purified wax-like substance from the wool of sheep, cleaned, deodorized, decolorized, and containing not more than 0.25 per cent water; used in the formulation of water-in-oil creams and ointments.
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