poultice
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:
cataplasm, plaster
• Derivationally related forms:
plaster (for: plaster)
• Hypernyms:
dressing, medical dressing
• Hyponyms:
mustard plaster, sinapism
dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
• Syn:
plaster
• Derivationally related forms:
plaster (for: plaster), plastering (for: plaster)
• Topics:
medicine, practice of medicine
• Hypernyms:
dress
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Did he poultice his foot?
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