Arnica
[ɑ:nikә]
Definition
(noun.) an ointment used in treating bruises.
(noun.) any of various rhizomatous usually perennial plants of the genus Arnica.
(noun.) used especially in treating bruises.
Typed by Gladys--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A genus of plants; also, the most important species (Arnica montana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as a narcotic and stimulant.
Typed by Joan
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Leopard's-bane.
Edited by Erna
Definition
n. a genus of composite plants of which the species A. montana or Mountain Tobacco formerly enjoyed a great repute in medicine as a stimulant in paralytic affections low fevers &c.—its flowers still yield a tincture externally applied to wounds and bruises.
Editor: Lois
Examples
- He was badly hurt and bruised, and no small quantity of arnica was needed for his wounds. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- After Fox had his shoulder treated with arnica at the Government hospital tent, we returned to Rawlins. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Edited by Cathryn