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cataplasm

cataplasm noun: a plaster or poultice, spread over one's skin as medical treatment.

Noun

cataplasm (plural cataplasms)

  1. A plaster or poultice, spread over one's skin as medical treatment.
    • Aretæus prescribes cataplasms of camomile flowers, fennel, aniseeds, cummin, rosemary, wormwood leaves, etc.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
    • 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.1676, Richard Wiseman, “The First Book. A Treatise of Tumours. Chapter XVIII. Of an Oedema.”, in Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and...
    Synonyms:
    poultice

cataplasm meaning in Tamil

cataplasm in Tamil

மாப்பசை, மாவுக்கட்டு

Synonyms of cataplasm

Forms of cataplasm

pluralcataplasms

Origin of cataplasm

From Latin cataplasma, from Ancient Greek κατάπλασμα (katáplasma).

Questions about cataplasm

What does cataplasm mean?
Cataplasm means a plaster or poultice, spread over one's skin as medical treatment.
What is cataplasm in Tamil?
Cataplasm in Tamil is மாப்பசை, மாவுக்கட்டு. See Cataplasm meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cataplasm?
Cataplasm is a noun.
What is the plural of cataplasm?
The plural of cataplasm is cataplasms.

Words near cataplasm in the dictionary

  1. cataphysical
  2. cataplana
  3. cataplanas
  4. cataplasia
  5. cataplasis
  6. cataplasm
  7. cataplasms
  8. cataplectic
  9. catapleiite
  10. catapleiites
  11. cataplerosis

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