Usually means: Preservatives used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals.
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  1. paraben: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. paraben: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. paraben: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Paraben, paraben: Wordnik
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  7. Paraben: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. paraben: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms

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  1. paraben: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Paraben: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (paraben)

noun:  Any of a group of chemicals used as preservatives in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, wherein the hydrogen of a parahydroxybenzene molecule is replaced by an alkyl group

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