cataplasm
Origin of cataplasm
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How to use cataplasm in a sentence
Make a cataplasm of bean meal and salad oil, and lay it to the place afflicted.
The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher | AnonymousBy midnight Reardon lay in a comfortable room, a huge cataplasm fixed upon him, and other needful arrangements made.
New Grub Street | George GissingCurumilla, after having washed the wounds with clean cold water, applied a cataplasm to them of bruised oregano leaves.
The Adventurers | Gustave AimardA plaster or cataplasm, with opium and camphor on the region of the stomach, will sometimes revert its retrograde motions.
Zoonomia, Vol. II | Erasmus DarwinA cataplasm applied in inflammations, Anthony's fire, &c., represses them.
British Dictionary definitions for cataplasm
/ (ˈkætəˌplæzəm) /
med another name for poultice
Origin of cataplasm
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