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tetrapharmacum

tetrapharmacum noun: a combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment.

Noun

tetrapharmacum (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment.
    • When the inflammation shall have ceased , the wound should be cleansed , and linen dipped in honey will answer this purpose best ; and over that must be applied the same plaster (tetrapharmacum) or the enneapharmacum.1831, Alexander Lee, Aur. Cor. Celsus on Medicine

Origin of tetrapharmacum

See tetra- (“four”) and Latin pharmacum (“drug”).

Questions about tetrapharmacum

What does tetrapharmacum mean?
Tetrapharmacum means a combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment.
What part of speech is tetrapharmacum?
Tetrapharmacum is a noun.

Words near tetrapharmacum in the dictionary

  1. tetrapentapeptides
  2. tetrapentyl
  3. tetrapeptide
  4. tetrapeptides
  5. tetrapetalous
  6. tetrapharmacum
  7. tetraphene
  8. tetraphenes
  9. tetraphenol
  10. tetraphenols
  11. tetraphenyl

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