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cataplasms

cataplasms is the plural of cataplasm.

Meaning of cataplasm

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...
    Synonyms:
    poultice

Questions about cataplasms

What is cataplasms the plural of?
Cataplasms is the plural of cataplasm.

Words near cataplasms in the dictionary

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

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