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Skin Care

Definition: Skin Care

Skin Care

Noun

1. Care for the skin.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Skin Care

DomainDefinitions

Health

Maintenance of the hygienic state of the skin under optimal conditions of cleanliness and comfort. Effective in skin care are proper washing, bathing, cleansing, and the use of soaps, detergents, oils, etc. In various disease states, therapeutic and protective solutions and ointments are useful. The care of the skin is particularly important in various occupations, in exposure to sunlight, in neonates, and in decubitus ulcer. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Skin Care

English words defined with "skin care": propanediol, propylene glycolSLS, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium lauryl sulphate. (references)
Specialty definitions using "skin care": Dermatologic Agentsfur scraperhide cleanerpelt scrapersheep clipper, SHEEP SHEARER, stock clipperwool shearer. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Skin Care

DomainTitle

References

  • Skin Care and Make Up Products in Taiwan: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference)

  • Cosmetic and Skin Care Products in United Arab Emirates: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

  • Skin Care Products in Canada: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference)

  • Cosmetics and Skin Care Products in Thailand: A Strategic Entry Report, 1995 (reference)

  • The 2001 Report on Skin Care Products: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • The African-American Woman's Guide to Successful Make-Up and Skin Care [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

  • The Skin Care Book: Simple Herbal Recipes (reference)

  • Total Skin: The Definitive Guide to Whole Skin Care for Life (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Health Talks at The Cleveland Clinic Presents - Skin Care (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Skin Care

Computer Images:
Skin Care

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Photo Album: Skin Care

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Skin Care by Heroin. : Heroin Screws You Up. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Skin Care

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Ask your doctor or nurse to recommend skin care products that will not cause skin irritation. (references)

Most treatments focus on topical skin care to relieve the inflammation, itching, and scaling. (references)

Since the 1950s, a multimillion-dollar international commercial market for skin care, heavily influenced by medical knowledge, has developed. (references)

Business

U.S. skin care products and cosmetics are well received by consumer in these segments. (references)

Previously Russian manufacturers represented mostly inexpensive brands of hygienic and skin care products. (references)

The quality of domestic skin care products has improved, although it is not yet comparable to foreign brands. (references)

Economic History

Senegal

High on the list of products sought by Senegalese consumers are hair, facial and skin care products. (references)

India

A market exists for direct selling of health and nutrition products, beauty and skin care products, costume jewelry, cookware, and consumer durables. (references)

Trinidad

U.S. suppliers of personal care items have consistently been successful at trade events in TT. Ethnic hair and skin care products are particularly popular. (references)

Trade

Dominican Rep

Import licenses are not required for most products, except pharmaceutical products (drugs, cosmetics and skin care products) and agro-chemicals. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Skin Care

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

skin care

5,388

african american skin care

81

skin care product

1,318

skin care company

77

natural skin care

544

obagi skin care

71

natural skin care product

366

oily skin care

70

skin care make up

311

sensitive skin care

68

serious skin care

252

serious skin care product

66

man skin care

237

skin care review

64

acne skin care

236

mederma skin care

61

anti aging skin care

228

professional skin care product

58

facial skin care

209

skin care product review

58

skin care tip

207

skin care cosmetic

57

aromatherapy skin care

172

organic skin care

53

dry skin care

131

dry skin care product

52

skin care cream

131

antiaging skin care

51

skin care treatment

127

total skin care

50

black skin care

120

herbal skin care

49

proactive skin care

119

advanced skin care

48

philosophy skin care

106

dermalogica skin care

48

acadia skin care

105

nature choice skin care

48

anti aging skin care product

103

man skin care product

48
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Skin Care

Language Translations for "skin care"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

apparat til hudpleje (appliance for skin care, skin treatment appliance). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

huidverzorgingstoestel (appliance for skin care, skin treatment appliance). (various references)

   

French

  

appareil de traitement de la peau (appliance for skin care, skin treatment appliance). (various references)

   

German

  

Hautbehandlungsgerät (appliance for skin care, skin treatment appliance). (various references)

   

Italian

  

apparecchio per il trattamento della pelle (appliance for skin care, skin treatment appliance). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

スキャンロン方式 (child-rearing with frequent physical contact, door-to-door condom sales-lady, reskilling, Scanlon plan, school, school bus, school color, school zone, schooling, schoolmate, schooner, scoop, scooter, scramble, scramble race, scrambled eggs, scrap, scrap and build, scrapbook, scratch, scratch hit, scratch match, scratch noise, scratch player, scratch race, scrub, scrum, scrum half, scrummage, scuba, scuba diving, self-contained under-water breathing apparatus, skill, skillful, skills inventory system, skin, skin cream, skin diver, skin diving, skin food, skinheads, square, square dance, square neckline, square stance, squeeze, squeeze bunt, squeeze play, squid). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

スキンケア . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inskay arecay

   

Portuguese

  

aparelho de tratamento de pele (appliance for skin care, skin treatment appliance). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

aparato para el tratamiento de la piel (appliance for skin care, skin treatment appliance). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Skin Care

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-k-n-r-s"

-1 letter: arcsine, arsenic, cankers, carnies, nickers, snakier, snicker.

-2 letters: arisen, arsine, cairns, cakier, caners, canker, caries, carnie, casein, casern, cerias, crakes, cranes, cranks, creaks, ericas, ickers, incase, inkers, kaiser, kinase, nacres, nicker, rances, reinks, sacker, screak, sicken, sicker, sinker.

-3 letters: acnes, acres, airns, anise, areic, arise, asker, cains, cairn, cakes, caner, canes, cares, carks.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-k-n-r-s"
 

+1 letter: crankiest, screaking.

 

+2 letters: crankiness, creakiness, knackeries, nicknamers, rainchecks, restacking.

 

+3 letters: airsickness, awestricken, caretakings, carsickness, linebackers.

 

+4 letters: bankruptcies, brackishness, cabinetworks, crankinesses, creakinesses, frankincense, greenbackism, kitchenwares, racewalkings, safecracking, sidetracking, stickhandler, wisecracking.

 

+5 letters: airsicknesses, backcountries, benchmarkings, cabinetmakers, carsicknesses, craftsmanlike, frankincenses, greenbackisms, handkerchiefs, heartsickness, safecrackings, stickhandlers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Skin Care


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6B 69 6E      43 61 72 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101011 01101001 01101110 00100000 01000011 01100001 01110010 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#107 &#105 &#110 &#32 &#67 &#97 &#114 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006B 0069 006E      0043 0061 0072 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53777580237678471

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Skin Care"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsedanois, dänisch, danese, dinamarquês, danés

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, olandese, holandês, holandés

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrançais, französisch, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francés

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiontysker, Duitse, allemand, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, alemán

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliener, italien, italienisch, italiano

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 Japonais, japaner, japanisch, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょJaponais, japaner, japanisch, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portugués

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaans, espagnol, spanisch, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, español

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglais, englisch, inglese, inglês, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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