cataplasm

American  

[kat-uh-plaz-uhm] / ˈkæt əˌplæz əm /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. poultice.

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cataplasm British  

/ ˈkætəˌplæzəm /

noun

1. med another name for poultice

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Etymology

Origin of cataplasm

1555–65; < Latin cataplasma < Greek katáplasma. See cata-, -plasm

Example Sentences

Monsieur Recamier has submitted to the Academy of Medicine a galvanic cataplasm, by which, when it is applied to the skin, the benefit of electricity is fully conveyed, without the least pain.

From The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various

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 Taylor, Bayard

To counteract the damage, pharmacy has gone forth with medicament, panacea, elixir, embrocation, salve, and cataplasm.

From The Abominations of Modern Society by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)

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 Reade, Charles

With this fragrant herb she made a cooling cataplasm.

From The Purple Land by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)