ointments
- plural of ointment.
Example Sentences
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Ointments and steroid creams usually cleared up the problem, Stupp said.
From US News • Dec. 15, 2015
"Creams are more cosmetically elegant because you rub them in. Ointments can leave some residue. They can be a little greasier."
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2015
Ointments and bandages were applied before the owner said: "We must be getting pretty close in the harbor?"
From She Buildeth Her House by Comfort, William Wistar
It is also good for Chaps, sore Nipples, and other ill Accidents that happen in the Breast; and is us'd for Burns either alone, or mixt with other Ointments.
From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel
Some greasy Ointments were applied hot to them, the Consequence of which was, the Necessity of cutting off six of his Fingers.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
