Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
cosmecêuticos
English translation:
cosmeceuticals
Added to glossary by
Luana Fernandes
Jul 29, 2010 20:47
13 yrs ago
Portuguese term
cosmecêuticos
Portuguese to English
Medical
Cosmetics, Beauty
Nutricosméticos x Cosmecêuticos
Seria "cosmetics and pharmaceutical products"?
Mas assim não passa muito bem o conceito de cosmecêutico
Seria "cosmetics and pharmaceutical products"?
Mas assim não passa muito bem o conceito de cosmecêutico
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +2 | cosmeceuticals | judith ryan |
4 +1 | pharma-cosmetics / pharmaceutical cosmetics | Marlene Curtis |
3 | medicated cosmetics | Jefferson D Boyles, ELS |
Proposed translations
+2
2 hrs
Selected
cosmeceuticals
this is the term, see link
Example sentence:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmeceutical
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2 mins
pharma-cosmetics / pharmaceutical cosmetics
1 hr
medicated cosmetics
Searching within PubMed, I found the two terms ("pharmaceutical cosmetics" and "medicated cosmetics") to be equally common - or rather equally uncommon - but, to my native speaker ears, "medicated cosmetics" sounds more appropriate. The other suggestion ("pharma-cosmetics") didn't pan out at all . . .
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