DEMULCENTS
\dˈɛmʌlsənts], \dˈɛmʌlsənts], \d_ˈɛ_m_ʌ_l_s_ə_n_t_s]\
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Demulcentia, Involventia, Obvalventia, Lubricantia, from demulcere (de, and mulcere,) 'to soothe,' 'to assuage.' (F.) Adoucissants. Medicines supposed to be capable of correcting certain acrid conditions imagined to exist in the humours. Substances of a mucilaginous or saccharine nature belong to this class. Demulcents may act directly on the parts with which they come in contact; but in other cases, as in catarrh, their effect is produced by contiguous sympathy; the top of the larynx being soothed by them first, and indirectly the inflamed portion of the air-passages. In diseases of the urinary organs, they have no advantage over simple diluents. -See Diluents and Emollients. The following are demulcents ;-Acaciae Gummi; Althaeae Folia et Radix; Amygdalae; Amylum; Avenae Farina; Cera; Cetaceum; Cydoniae Semina; Fucus Crispus; Glycyrrhiza; Hordeum; Lichen; Linum; Olivae Oleum; Sassafras Medulla; Sesamum; Sevum; Tragacantha, and Ulmus.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).