fomentation
Americannoun
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encouragement of discord, rebellion, etc.; instigation.
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the application of warm liquid, ointments, etc., to the surface of the body.
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the liquid, ointments, etc., so applied.
Etymology
Origin of fomentation
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin fōmentātiōn- (stem of fōmentātiō ), equivalent to fōmentāt ( us ) (past participle of fōmentāre to foment ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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The cause of this fomentation of tourists was a gleaming, new, $750,000 Latter-day Saints Temple.
From Time Magazine Archive
Concerned that Fanny was not improving, Emma and Elizabeth sent for the apothecary, a Mr. B., who “ordered fomentation with poppy heads,” Emma noted.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
At four this morning I was awakened to have a fomentation on my leg, and drowsily realised it was Christmas Day.
From A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition by Ross, P. T.
Put a little oil or vaseline on the skin and apply the fomentation gradually.
From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam
Prior to his admission he had been bitten on the calf of one leg by a dog, and complaining of pain from this wound, we dressed it with a simple boracic fomentation.
From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by Hume-Griffith, A.
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