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depilatory

 
Dictionary: de·pil·a·to·ry   (dĭ-pĭl'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) pronunciation
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adj.
Having the capability to remove hair.

n., pl., -ries.
A preparation in the form of a liquid or cream that is used to remove unwanted hair from the body.


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Columbia Encyclopedia: depilatory
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depilatory (dĭpĭl'ətôr'ē), substance used to remove hair. In preparing hides for tanning, lime is the chief depilatory. For the removal of superfluous hair from the human body, metal sulfides such as barium sulfide, sodium sulfide, calcium hydrosulfide, and strontium hydrosulfide are used. The powdered material is usually combined with other substances (lime, sugar, chalk, perfume) and made into a paste which is spread on the skin. The hair is dissolved into a gelatinous mass and is removed along with the paste. However, these reagents do not prevent regrowth of hair and are potentially dangerous. Wax depilatories that harden on the skin and pull up the hair by the roots when peeled off delay but do not prevent regrowth of hair. The only permanent method of removing hair is by cosmetic electrolysis, in which a weak electric current, passing through a needle, destroys the hair follicle.

Veterinary Dictionary: depilatory
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1. having the power to remove hair.
2. an agent that removes or destroys the hair.

Translations: Depilatory
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hårfjernings-, hårfjernende
n. - hårfjerningsmiddel

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontharings(middel)

Français (French)
adj. - dépilatoire
n. - dépilatoire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Enthaarungsmittel, Haarentferner
adj. - enthaarend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποτριχωτικό (μέσο)

Italiano (Italian)
depilatorio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - depilatório (m)

Русский (Russian)
средство для удаления волос

Español (Spanish)
adj. - depilatorio
n. - agente depilatorio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hårborttagningsmedel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
脱毛用的, 有脱毛作用的, 脱毛药

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 脫毛用的, 有脫毛作用的
n. - 脫毛藥

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 탈모의
n. - 탈모제

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 脱毛の
n. - 脱毛薬

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مستحضر مزيل لشعر الجسم تستخدمه النسا خاصه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מרחיק שיער, מנשיר‬
n. - ‮תכשיר מנשיר שיער‬

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Columbia Encyclopedia. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/cup/.  Read more
Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more
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