Medical Term:
cream
Pronunciation: krēm
Definition:
- The upper fatty layer that forms in milk on standing or is separated from it by centrifugalization; it contains about the same amount of sugar and protein as milk, but from 12–40% more fat.
- Any whitish viscid fluid resembling cream.
- A semisolid emulsion of either the oil-in-water or the water-in-oil type, ordinarily intended for topical use.
[L. cremor, thick juice, broth]
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
