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cataplasm
[ kat-uh-plaz-uhm ]
/ ˈkæt əˌplæz əm /
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Words nearby cataplasm
cataphract, cataphracted, cataphyll, cataplane, cataplasia, cataplasm, cataplexy, catapult, cataract, catarrh, catarrhal fever
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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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