COSMETIC

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 19

adj. Koaz-me*t'iak. Gr., KOOVUIJTIKOS. Lat., cosmetic us. Fr., cosmetique. Ger., koxmetisch. Restoring or enhancing the beauty of the person (said of medicinal preparations and of surgical operations); as a u. (Ger., Schonheitsmittel), a powder, lotion, or the like, used for that purpose. [s. 423]