Poultice

['pəʊltɪs] or ['poltɪs]

Definition

(noun.) a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc..

(verb.) dress by covering with a therapeutic substance.

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Definition

(n.) A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm.

(v. t.) To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Cataplasm.

Typed by Leona

Definition

n. a soft composition of meal bran &c. applied to sores.—v.t. to put a poultice upon.

Edited by Angus