A liquid drug preparation applied to the skin. Some examples of drugs prepared as a lotion include calamine and betamethasone, which are used to treat skin inflammation.
n. a medicinal solution for washing or bathing the external parts of the body. Lotions usually have a cooling, soothing, or antiseptic action.
Fluid preparations intended for bringing into contact with, or for washing, the external surface of the body. Lotions are generally of a watery or alcoholic composition, and many of them are known as ‘liquors’. Those external applications which are of an oily nature, and intended to be rubbed into the surface, are known as liniments.... lotions
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