inunction

American  

[in-uhngk-shuhn] / ɪnˈʌŋk ʃən /

noun

1. the act of anointing.

2. Medicine/Medical. the rubbing in of an oil or ointment.

3. Pharmacology. an unguent.

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inunction British  

/ ɪnˈʌŋkʃən /

noun

1. the application of an ointment to the skin, esp by rubbing

2. the ointment so used

3. the act of anointing; anointment

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Etymology

Origin of inunction

1595–1605; < Latin inunction- (stem of inunctiō ), equivalent to inunct ( us ) (past participle of inunguere to anoint ) + -iōn- -ion. See in- ², unction

Example Sentences

In India it is used by inunction in rheumatism and in the Philippines locally over the stomach in indigestion and colic.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

In convalescence the warm water and soap bath is to be employed, followed by dusting of the surface with starch powder or by inunction with vaseline.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

By the mouth, chiefly as the protiodide, calomel and blue mass, in dosage just short of mild physiological action; by inunction, in the form of blue ointment; by hypodermic injection, usually as corrosive sublimate solution.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

When the patient has been brought under the influence of the mercury, inunction may be replaced by one of the other methods, of administering the drug.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

I directed mercurial inunction, and calomel from 3 to 6 grains to be taken at first every six, and afterwards every three hours.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus