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
The patient should be put to bed with his knees resting over a pillow, and a large fomentation under oil silk should be laid over the lower part of the abdomen.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
Could a warm bath made of decoction of bark, or a cold fomentation with it, be of service?
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Such as, first, a fomentation on the head with warm water, with or without aromatic herbs, or salt in it, should be continued for an hour or two at a time, and frequently repeated.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
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