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EMULSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin
Synonyms:
emulsion; photographic emulsion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("emulsion" is a kind of...):
coat; coating (a thin layer covering something)
Meronyms (substance of "emulsion"):
silver nitrate (a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent)
silver bromide (a bromide that darkens when exposed to light; used in making photographic emulsions)
Derivation:
emulsify (form into or become an emulsion)
emulsify (cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids
Example:
an oil-in-water emulsion
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("emulsion" is a kind of...):
colloid (a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Derivation:
emulsify (form into or become an emulsion)
emulsify (cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb emulsion
Context examples:
Administration of a substance in the form gas, aerosol, emulsion, or liquid (during partial and tidal liquid ventilation), or fine powder into the lung, often with systemic action.
(Intrapulmonary Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)
Aqueous or oleaginous solutions and emulsions or suspensions may be administered.
(Intramuscular Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)
The electrolyte-free parenteral nutrition emulsion contains no electrolytes, trace elements and vitamins.
(Electrolyte-free Parenteral Nutrition Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)
A cremophor-free, P-glycoprotein-inhibiting, vitamin E-based emulsion particle formulation of paclitaxel with antineoplastic activity.
(Paclitaxel Vitamin E-Based Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)
The substance in an emulsion that usually makes up the largest portion of the emulsion and contains another substance suspended within.
(Continuous Phase, NCI Thesaurus)
An injectable phospholipid emulsion containing the butyrate salt of the synthetic, short-acting, dihydropyridine L-type calcium channel antagonist clevidipine with antihypertensive activity.
(Clevidipine Butyrate Injectable Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)
AS03 is a stabilized oil-in-water emulsion adjuvant containing DL-alpha-tocopherol, squalene and polysorbate 80 that non-specifically stimulates cell-mediated immune antigen responses.
(AS03-Adjuvanted H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A semisolid emulsion of either the oil-in-water or the water-in-oil type, ordinarily intended for topical use.
(Cream Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A semi-solid composed of an emulsion of lipids, hydrocarbons, waxes, or polyols in water.
(Cream Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
An injectable emulsion formulation containing the taxane docetaxel, a semisynthetic analogue of paclitaxel, with antineoplastic activity.
(Docetaxel Emulsion ANX-514, NCI Thesaurus)
