cataplasm

[ kat-uh-plaz-uh m ]

/ ˈkæt əˌplæz əm /

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noun Medicine/Medical.

Nearby words

cataphracted, cataphylaxis, cataphyll, cataplane, cataplasia, cataplasm, cataplexy, catapult, cataract, cataractogenic, catarrh

Origin of cataplasm

1555–65; < Latin cataplasma < Greek katáplasma. See cata-, -plasm

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Examples from the Web for cataplasm

On the next day, the inflammation had greatly subsided; the cataplasm and lotion were continued.
An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers|John Higginbottom
A plaster or cataplasm, with opium and camphor on the region of the stomach, will sometimes revert its retrograde motions.
Zoonomia, Vol. II|Erasmus Darwin
And he jotted it down in his note-book, near the prices of Dare Devil and Cataplasm.
The Bill-Toppers|Andre Castaigne
This Cataplasm is also highly commended by some in the Gout.
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony|George Francis Dow

A cataplasm of the juice, with rye meal, is good against luxations and ruptures.
Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853|Various

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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cataplasm

noun Medicine/Medical.

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cataplasm

noun

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cataplasm

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