Chemical
emulsion Audio
e·mul·sion [ ih-muhl-shuhn ]
Etymology:
Latin emulgere = to drain out
Originally applied to an extract of seeds.
Definitions related to emulsions:
  • A suspension of liquid within another liquid or a dispersion consisting of two or more liquid phases.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Stable mixture of two or more immiscible liquids where one liquid, in form of fine droplets or globules, is dispersed in the other.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Colloids formed by the combination of two immiscible liquids such as oil and water. Lipid-in-water emulsions are usually liquid, like milk or lotion. Water-in-lipid emulsions tend to be creams. The formation of emulsions may be aided by amphiphatic molecules that surround one component of the system to form MICELLES.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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