cataplasm
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Is cataplasm a Scrabble word?
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noun (English)
1. (medicine) A plaster or poultice, spread over one's skin as medical treatment.Examples: "Aretæus prescribes cataplasms of camomile flowers, fennel, aniseeds, cummin, rosemary, wormwood leaves, etc."; "The Lips of the Abſceſs digeſted vvell, but from vvithin it onely gleeted, and thruſt out Fat, vvhich vve daily cut off vvithout the loſs of a drop of blood, and dreſſed up the Abſceſs vvith mundif. ex apio, continuing the uſe of diſcutient Fomentations and Cataplaſms."; "For medical purposes, figs are chiefly used in emollient cataplasms, and pectorial decoctions."Synonyms: poultice
Definition source: Wiktionary