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cosmeceutical

noun

Etymology

Blend of cosmetic + pharmaceutical.

  1. derived from φαρμακευτικός — “of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”
  2. compounded as cosmeceutical — “cosmetic + pharmaceutical”

Definitions

  1. Any cosmetic that is claimed to have a medicinal action

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for cosmeceutical. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA