Word.ws English Dictionary

octinoxate

octinoxate noun: the ester octyl methoxycinnamate when used as a sunscreen.

Noun

octinoxate (uncountable)

  1. The ester octyl methoxycinnamate when used as a sunscreen.
    • As documented in a recent FDA study, chemical sunscreens, with active ingredients like oxybenzone, octocrylene, octinoxate, homosalate, and avobenzone, are applied to the skin and then can remain in the blood plasma at significant levels for days to weeks after application[.]2024 June 21, Danielle Sinay, quoting Madhu Shetti, “Is Sunscreen Bad for You? TikTok’s Anti-SPF Movement, Explained”, in Glamour

Questions about octinoxate

What does octinoxate mean?
Octinoxate means the ester octyl methoxycinnamate when used as a sunscreen.
What part of speech is octinoxate?
Octinoxate is a noun.

Words near octinoxate in the dictionary

  1. octillionaires
  2. octillionfold
  3. octillions
  4. octillionth
  5. octillionths
  6. octinoxate
  7. octinucleate
  8. octisalate
  9. octitol
  10. octitols
  11. octium

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: octinoxate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “octinoxate.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/octinoxate. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.