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chevrette (iou) and Ointment bases (medicine)


chevrette (iou)



chevrette noun. M18.
[French, dim. of CHeVRE: see -ETTE.]
A machine for raising guns or mortars. M-L18.
A thin goatskin leather used for gloves. L19.

Ointment bases (medicine)


ointment bases


Various mixtures of fats, waxes, animal and plant oils and solid and liquid hydrocarbons; vehicles for medicinal substances intended for external application; there are four classes: hydrocarbon base, absorption base, water-removable base and water-soluble base; several are also emollients.