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Poultice

Poultice Meaning & Definition
Poultice Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Poultice?

[n] 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.
[v] dress by covering with a therapeutic substance

Synonyms | Synonyms for Poultice: cataplasm | plaster | plaster

Related Terms | Find terms related to Poultice: abate | Ace bandage | adhesive tape | allay | alleviate | anesthetize | appease | application | assuage | band | bandage | bandaging | Band-Aid | 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

See Also | dress | dressing | medical dressing | mustard plaster | sinapism

Poultice In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Poul"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poulticed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poulticing}.] To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.

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