EMULSIFIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does emulsifier mean? 

• EMULSIFIER (noun)
  The noun EMULSIFIER has 1 sense:

1. a surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion

  Familiarity information: EMULSIFIER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMULSIFIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("emulsifier" is a kind of...):

surface-active agent; surfactant; wetter; wetting agent (a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emulsifier"):

lecithin (a yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats; found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal cells; used commercially as an emulsifier)

Derivation:

emulsify (form into or become an emulsion)

emulsify (cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion)

 Context examples 

The intestinal epithelial cells of mice fed the emulsifiers also had higher levels of both cell death and proliferation.

(Food additives promote inflammation, colon cancer in mice, National Institutes of Health)

Red seaweeds are also used as food thickeners and emulsifiers and in molecular biology experiments.

(Red seaweeds, including those in sushi, thrive despite ancestor's loss of genes, National Science Foundation)

Derma-membrane-structure topical cream contains ingredients that mirror the lipid component of the the skin, including hydrated phosphatidyl choline, but does not contain conventional emulsifiers that may disrupt the skin-lipid barrier.

(Derma-Membrane-Structure Topical Cream, NCI Thesaurus)

A semi-solid, viscous in texture, that may be composed of a variety of bases including hydrocarbons, emulsifiers or vegetable oils, and mixed with active and/or inert ingredient(s).

(Ointment Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

To determine whether these might play a role in chronic diseases, the team fed mice low levels of 2 commonly used emulsifiers, carboxymethylcellulose or polysorbate-80, in drinking water or in food.

(Food Additives Alter Gut Microbes, Cause Diseases in Mice, NIH)

A skin spray composed of Evaux thermal spring water, the emulsifier polysorbate 20, the preservatives phenoxyethanol and chlorphenesin, zinc gluconate, and the moisturizer caprylyl glycol with prophylactic and calming activity.

(Evaux Spring Water-based Topical Spray, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the commercial combination preparations, by Pfizer, containing humectants, emollients and emulsifiers with moisturizing activity.

(Lubriderm, NCI Thesaurus)

This system considers foods ultra-processed if they have ingredients predominantly found in industrial food manufacturing, such as hydrogenated oils, high-fructose corn syrup, flavoring agents, and emulsifiers.

(Heavily processed foods cause overeating and weight gain, National Institutes of Health)

Montanide ISA 720 is made of natural metabolizable non-mineral oil and a highly refined emulsifier from the mannide mono-oleate family; it is rapidly metabolized and eliminated, and may be used in various vaccines, including cancer vaccines.

(Montanide ISA 720, NCI Thesaurus)

The team found that mice fed the emulsifiers had less gut microbiota diversity and increased levels of inflammatory molecules.

(Food additives promote inflammation, colon cancer in mice, National Institutes of Health)