cataplasm
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cataplasm
1555–65; < Latin cataplasma < Greek katáplasma. See cata-, -plasm
Vocabulary lists containing cataplasm
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Treatment.—In all contused wounds of the coronary region the parts need thorough cleansing; the hair, if long is clipped and a cataplasm is applied.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
However, shalt have a good biting cataplasm for thy leg; meantime keep we the body cool: put out thy tongue!-good!-fever.
From The Cloister and the Hearth by Charles Reade
A cataplasm of the juice, with rye meal, is good against luxations and ruptures.
From Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
But it does more than all this, it even assuages choler; it is an admirable cataplasm for rage.
From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Robert Samber
Here, one with a bruised limb is receiving a cataplasm; there, a cataleptic patient is tenderly cared for; and so on, through the long concatenation of feline diseases.
From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Bayard Taylor
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