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

To combat inflammation, a suitable cataplasm may be applied directly to the skin, the extremity bandaged, and the temporary immobilizing appliance may be secured over all.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

"Don't! try not to cry any more! the thing to do now is to go and give her a spoonful of quinine; then we will put a cataplasm on her stomach."

From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

The caustic and cataplasm were applied as before.—A similar report was made on the succeeding day.

From An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers by Higginbottom, John

Make a cataplasm of bean meal and salad oil, and lay it to the place afflicted.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

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