cream

cream definition - medical

cream (krēm)

noun
  1. The yellowish fatty component of unhomogenized milk that tends to accumulate at the surface.
  2. A pharmaceutical preparation consisting of a semisolid emulsion of either the oil-in-water or the water-in-oil type, ordinarily intended for topical use.

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