cataplasm

cat·a·plasm  (kt-plzm)

n.

See poultice.

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[Middle English cathaplasma and French cataplasme, both from Latin cataplasma, from Greek kataplasma, from kataplassein, to plaster over : kata-, down, onto, over; see cata- + plassein, to mold, form; see plasma.]

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cataplasm [ˈkætəˌplæzəm]

n

(Medicine) Med another name for poultice

[from Latin cataplasma, from Greek, from kataplassein to cover with a plaster, from plassein to shape]

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Noun

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cataplasm - 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. poultice, plaster medical dressing, dressing - a cloth covering for a wound or sore mustard plaster, sinapism - a plaster containing powdered black mustard; applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient