Definition of Deodorants

1. Noun. (plural of deodorant) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deodorants

1. deodorant [n] - See also: deodorant

Medical Definition of Deodorants

1. Agents that remove, correct, repress, or mask undesirable odours. In personal hygiene, deodorants are often astringent preparations that reduce sweat production and are referred to as antiperspirants. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deodorants

deobstructing
deobstructs
deobstruent
deobstruents
deodand
deodands
deodar
deodar cedar
deodar cedars
deodara
deodaras
deodars
deodate
deodates
deodorant
deodorants (current term)
deodorisation
deodorisations
deodorise
deodorised
deodorised opium
deodoriser
deodorisers
deodorises
deodorising
deodorization
deodorizations
deodorize
deodorized
deodorizer

Literary usage of Deodorants

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Veterinary Materia Medica and Therapeutics by Kenelm Winslow (1905)
"Disinfectants, Antiseptics and deodorants. Disinfectants, or germicides, are agents which destroy the micro-organisms, causing infectious and contagious ..."

2. A Text-book of Physics and Chemistry for Nurses by Andrew Richard Bliss, Alfred Henderson Olive (1916)
"Many disinfectants are also good deodorants. Simple deodorants are rarely germicidal. An antiseptic is a substance which prevents or arrests the growth of ..."

3. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"... sulphate and calcium oxide i unslaked lime) in ten parts of water gives a precipitate which is one of the most efficient deodorants and disinfectants. ..."

4. Text-book of Hygiene: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Principles and by George Henry Rohé, Albert Robin (1908)
"ANTISEPTICS, DISINFECTANTS AND deodorants. MUCH confusion exists in the popular mind, and even among physicians, as to the exact meaning of the terms at the ..."

5. A Manual for Health Officers by Joseph Scott MacNutt (1915)
"HOUSEHOLD DISINFECTANTS AND deodorants A number of commercial preparations are sold as "household disinfectants," being alleged to free the house in a ..."

6. A Text-book of Sanitary and Applied Chemistry: Or, The Chemistry of Water by Edgar Henry Summerfield Bailey (1906)
"... CHAPTER IX DISINFECTANTS, ANTISEPTICS, AND deodorants SINCE the health of the body depends so largely upon sanitary surroundings, it is important to ..."

7. Therapeutic Gazette (1901)
"... dressed with antiseptics and deodorants. If painful, the lesions must be sprinkled with some analgesic that gives long-continued relief. ..."

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