Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ointment; an unguent.
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Examples
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Ointments, alablastritum, unguentum populeum, simple or mixed with opium.
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No. 2 "0.7 c.c." showing that the most iodine had osmosed in the case of the ointment made with unguentum paraffini (equivalent to vaseline).
Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 Various
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Mediá nocte ínsciente patre ex urbe évásit, et postquam in montís fínitimós vénit, herbás quásdam carpsit; tum súcó expressó unguentum parávit quod ví suá corpus aleret nervósque cónfírmáret.
Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
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Sicut unguentum in capite quod descendit in barbam, barbam Aaron.
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Hóc factó Iásoní unguentum dedit; praecépit autem ut eó dié quó istí labórés cónficiendí essent corpus suum et arma máne oblineret.
Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
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After letting them stand for eight hours longer at 30-37° C., a faint reaction was obtained in the case of the ointment made with unguentum paraffini; a still fainter with No. 3; but no reaction at all with No. 1 (that made with lard).
Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 Various
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If the bone seems to be well consolidated, it should be rubbed with an ointment of _dialthea_ or the _unguentum marciation_, after which the splints and bandage are to be reapplied.
Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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No. 3, one made with unguentum paraffini mixed with 3 per cent. of lard.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 Various
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As a rule, the fistula is dilated by a tent of alder-pith, mandragora, briony or gentian, the lining membrane destroyed by an ointment of quick-lime or even the actual cautery, and the wound then dressed with egg-albumen followed by the _unguentum viride_.
Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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= -- There are many clay poultices on the market: antiphlogistine, antithermoline, cretamethyl, sedol, unguentum, yorkelin, and the Emplastrum Kaolini of the U. S.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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