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To
help inform our customers, we have created this glossary of terms
related to our products and projects; we hope it will enable us all
to communicate clearly. The information provided here is intended to
facilitate discussion, not to serve as medical or legal advice. Current
glossary entries are:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
ache
acne:
a
common skin affliction characterized by red spots that can be elevated
above
the skin level and are often
bacteria infected and filled with
pus. “Acne treatment” may be a medicinal claim and regulated
as a medicine but “improving the appearance of acne-afflicted
skin” may
be an attribute claimed for skin care formulae under the cosmetics category.
active ingredients: ingredients
within a formula that are responsible for certain activity or activities
for which the formula is designated
actives: variant of "active
ingredients"
age-defying: not a well
defined term; usually used to describe a treatment that gives a “younger
look” without
attributing medicinal attributes to the treatment. The term is used
by some companies selling cosmetic products.
aging: Aging
is the sum of changes in a bio-system in time. From a biological or
philosophical viewpoint, maturation,
which
is also the sum of changes in a bio-system, may be part of the aging
process but from a practical, economical, and marketing viewpoint people
are
not trying to reverse the “maturity process” but the post-maturity
accumulated changes. Aging is not a disease.
alpha-hydroxy
anabolic factor
anabolic
anabolin
anabolizer: a term coined
by Dr. Yechiel to describe the activity of anabolic factors
anasterol
anti-acne
anti-aging: fighting the aging
process, fighting processes or factors believed to sustain, promote,
or accelerate the aging process, reversing age related disorders, reversing
the aging process. In cosmetics, it relates to skin appearing younger
in conjunction with a treatment.
anti-aging skin care: natural skin care with anti-aging activities.
anti-aging serum
anti-blemish: makes the
skin appear blemish free; corrects blemishes that are not categorized
as diseases.
anti-cancer
anti-line
anti-oxidant vitamins
anti-oxidant
antioxidants
anti-wrinkle
aromatherapy
athlete
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
This
glossary is always under construction. If you'd like to suggest additional
terms to be discussed here, please
contact us.
This page was updated September 5, 2004 by scribionics. |
