sunscreen

sunscreen
A substance that helps protect the skin from the sun's harmful rays. Sunscreens reflect, absorb, and scatter both ultraviolet A and B radiation to provide protection against both types of radiation. Using lotions, creams, or gels that contain sunscreens can help protect the skin from premature aging and damage that may lead to skin cancer.

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  • Sunscreen — (also known as sunblock or suntan lotion [ Nassau County Health Department [http://www.jacksonville.com/tu online/stories/061408/nen 290072672.shtml Jacksonville online] ] ) is a lotion, spray or other topical product that absorbs or reflects the …   Wikipedia

  • sunscreen — as a type of lotion applied to the skin, by 1954, from SUN (Cf. sun) + SCREEN (Cf. screen) …   Etymology dictionary

  • sunscreen — [n] sunblock skin protection, sunblocker, sun cream, suntan lotion; concepts 466,467,468 …   New thesaurus

  • sunscreen — ► NOUN ▪ a cream or lotion rubbed on to the skin to protect it from the sun …   English terms dictionary

  • sunscreen — [sunskrēn΄] n. 1. a substance, esp. para aminobenzoic acid, used in tanning lotions, cosmetics, etc. to block certain ultraviolet rays of the sun and reduce the danger of sunburn 2. such a preparation …   English World dictionary

  • sunscreen — UK [ˈsʌnˌskriːn] / US [ˈsʌnˌskrɪn] noun Word forms sunscreen : singular sunscreen plural sunscreens 1) [countable/uncountable] a cream that you can rub onto your skin to stop it from being burned by the sun 2) [countable] a screen that you put on …   English dictionary

  • sunscreen — noun Sunscreen is used before these nouns: ↑lotion …   Collocations dictionary

  • sunscreen — [[t]sʌ̱nskriːn[/t]] sunscreens N MASS A sunscreen is a cream that protects your skin from the sun s rays, especially in hot weather …   English dictionary

  • Sunscreen controversy — Sunscreen protects against two common forms of skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC), and several sunscreen ingredients protect against tumor development in photocarcinogenicity tests in mice. However, there is …   Wikipedia

  • sunscreen — noun Date: 1738 1. a screen to protect against sun 2. a preparation (as a lotion) applied to the skin to prevent sunburn (as by chemically absorbing ultraviolet radiation); also its active ingredient (as benzophenone) compare sunblock •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sunscreen — /sun skreen /, n. 1. a substance formulated to prevent sunburn, skin cancers, and other conditions caused by excessive exposure to the sun, usually by absorbing and reflecting ultraviolet radiation. Cf. SPF. 2. a lotion, cream, etc., containing… …   Universalium

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