Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medicine, a soft and moist substance to be applied to some part of the body; a poultice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice.
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- noun medicine A
poultice orplaster , spread over one's skin asmedical treatment.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The clay cataplasm (that the vet authorized!) is working, along with the antibiotics.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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The clay cataplasm (that the vet authorized!) is working, along with the antibiotics.
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The clay cataplasm that the vet authorized! is working, along with the antibiotics.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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The clay cataplasm that the vet authorized! is working, along with the antibiotics.
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Quote of the Day: "But Alexia, this is a cataplasm of epic proportions!"
I, For One, Welcome My Outline Overlord gailcarriger 2008
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But if it be inflamed, having boiled in water the root of me ivy, finely powdered, and mixing the finest flour, and stirring it up with white wine, apply as a cataplasm, and mix up some fat with these things.
On Fistulae 2007
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Another: - Having pounded the seed of hemlock, pour on it a fragrant white wine, and then apply in a tepid state as a cataplasm.
On Fistulae 2007
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Egyptian alum pulverized, form into an oblong ball (suppository?) and warming it gently at the fire, make it into a cataplasm, foment, form it into shape with the fingers, and then making it quite tepid, introduce it into the anus.
On Fistulae 2007
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Another: Having scraped off the rind of the most tender roots of the wild vine, which some call psilothrion, boil in a dark austere wine undiluted; then having pounded, apply as a tepid cataplasm; but mix also flour and stir it up with white wine and oil in a tepid state.
On Fistulae 2007
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Another: - Having bruised the inner part of a ripe cucumber to a soft state, apply as a cataplasm.
On Fistulae 2007
yarb commented on the word cataplasm
"By midnight Reardon lay in a comfortable room, a huge cataplasm fixed upon him, and other needful arrangements made."
- George Gissing, New Grub Street.
January 31, 2008
bilby commented on the word cataplasm
No kittens were harmed in the making of this word.
October 5, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word cataplasm
"Hassan asks that a shaman abstract a talc cataplasm that can thwart a blatant rash (raw scars that can scar a man's scalp and gall a man's glans: scratch, scratch)."
Eunoia by Christian Bök (upgraded edition), p 30
May 20, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word cataplasm
See malagma, another "a"-monovocalic word of similar meaning.
December 18, 2010