POULTICE DEFINITIONS - 11 definitions found
poultice n 1: 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. [syn: poultice, cataplasm, plaster] v 1: dress by covering with a therapeutic substance [syn: poultice, plaster] poultice epulotic Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) poultice I. noun Etymology: Middle English pultes, from Medieval Latin, literally, pap, from Latin, plural of pult-, puls porridge Date: 15th century a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions II. transitive verb (-ticed; -ticing) Date: 1730 to apply a poultice to Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary poultice (poultices) A poultice is a piece of cloth with a soft, often hot, substance such as clay or a mixture of herbs on it. It is put over a painful or swollen part of someone's body in order to reduce the pain or swelling. N-COUNT English Explanatory Dictionary poultice ˈpəultɪs n. & v. --n. a soft medicated and usu. heated mass applied to the body and kept in place with muslin etc., for relieving soreness and inflammation. --v.tr. apply a poultice to. [orig. pultes (pl.) f. L puls pultis pottage, pap, etc.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Poultice \Poul"tice\, n. [L. puls, pl. pultes, a thick pap; akin to Gr. po`ltos. Cf. Pulse seeds.] A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm. ``Poultice relaxeth the pores.'' --Bacon. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Poultice \Poul"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poulticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Poulticing.] To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms poultice n. Cataplasm. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 109 Moby Thesaurus words for "poultice": Ace bandage, Band-Aid, abate, adhesive tape, allay, alleviate, anesthetize, appease, application, assuage, band, bandage, bandaging, bathe, benumb, binder, brace, butter, care for, cast, cataplasm, compress, cotton, court plaster, cravat, crush, cure, cushion, deaden, deaden the pain, dental pulp, diagnose, diminish, doctor, dressing, dull, ease, ease matters, elastic bandage, epithem, flux, foment, four-tailed bandage, gauze, give care to, give relief, heal, lay, lessen, lint, lull, mash, massage, minister to, mitigate, mollify, mush, numb, nurse, operate on, pad, palliate, paper pulp, paste, physic, pith, plaster, plaster cast, pledget, porridge, pour balm into, pour oil on, pudding, pulp, pulp lead, pulpwood, purge, rag pulp, reduce, relieve, remedy, roller, roller bandage, rub, rubber bandage, salve, sauce, slacken, slake, sling, smash, soften, soothe, splint, sponge, squash, strap, stupe, subdue, sulfate pulp, sulfite pulp, tampon, tape, tent, tourniquet, treat, triangular bandage, white lead, wood pulp |
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