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Absent(medicine)
Eye, absent(health)
absent(1)(dictionary)
absent(2)(dictionary)
absent-minded(dictionary)
absent-minded(dictionary)
absent 2, verb(dictionary)
absent state(medicine)
absent 1, adjective(dictionary)

soaps (medicine) and absent(2) (iou)


soaps (medicine)


soaps
Sodium or potassium salts of long chain fatty acids. These detergent substances are obtained by boiling natural oils or fats with caustic alkali. Sodium soaps are harder and are used as topical anti-infectives and vehicles in pills and liniments; potassium soaps are soft, used as vehicles for ointments and also as topical antimicrobials.


absent(2) (iou)



absent verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French absenter or late Latin absentare keep or be away, formed as ABSENT adjective & noun.]
verb trans. Keep away. Now only refl. go or stay away. LME.
D. Runyon If he absents himself from her side.
verb intrans. Stay away; withdraw. LME-L18.
verb trans. Leave. Long rare. LME.
absen'tation noun the action of absenting oneself E19.
absenter noun a person who absents himself or herself L16.