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cataplasm

[ kat-uh-plaz-uh m ]
/ ˈkæt əˌplæz əm /
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noun Medicine/Medical.

poultice.

RELATED WORDS

plaster, compress, dressing, fomentation

Nearby words

  1. cataphracted,
  2. cataphylaxis,
  3. cataphyll,
  4. cataplane,
  5. cataplasia,
  6. cataplectic,
  7. cataplexy,
  8. catapult,
  9. cataract,
  10. cataractogenic

Origin of cataplasm

1555–65; < Latin cataplasma < Greek katáplasma. See cata-, -plasm
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British Dictionary definitions for cataplasm

cataplasm

/ (ˈkætəˌplæzəm) /

noun

med another name for poultice

Word Origin for cataplasm

C16: from Latin cataplasma, from Greek, from kataplassein to cover with a plaster, from plassein to shape
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Medicine definitions for cataplasm

cataplasm

[ kăt′ə-plăz′əm ]

n.

poultice
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