fomentation

[foh-men-tey-shuhn]

noun

1. encouragement of discord, rebellion, etc.; instigation.

2. the application of warm liquid, ointments, etc., to the surface of the body.

3. the liquid, ointments, etc., so applied.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fomentation¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin fōmentātiōn- (stem of fōmentātiō ), equivalent to fōmentāt ( us ) (past participle of fōmentāre to foment ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

Prior to his admission he had been bitten on the calf of one leg by a dog, and complaining of pain from this wound, we dressed it with a simple boracic fomentation.

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One of the horses was sick, and I was down there giving him hot fomentations with my mate.

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Local inflammations may demand fomentations and astringent antiseptic lotions.

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I cut up a blanket, and when they had heated some water in their poor fashion, showed them how to prepare fomentations, put on the first myself, and bathed his face and hands.

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I now set to work to cure myself, which by use of hot fomentations and lint dipped in θ tincture of Belladonna externally, taking at the same time 3d dil.

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