Definition for E-MUL'SION

E-MUL'SION, n. [Fr. from L. emulsus, emulgeo, to milk out.]

A soft liquid remedy of a color and consistence resembling milk; any milk-like mixture prepared by uniting oil and water, by means of another substance, saccharine or mucilaginous. Encyc. Ure.

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