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poul·tice  (plts)

n.

A soft moist mass of bread, meal, clay, or other adhesive substance, usually heated, spread on cloth, and applied to warm, moisten, or stimulate an aching or inflamed part of the body. Also called cataplasm.

tr.v. poul·ticed, poul·tic·ing, poul·tic·es

To apply a poultice to.

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[Middle English pultes, from Medieval Latin pults, thick paste, from Latin, pl. of puls, pult-, pottage; see pulse².]

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poultice [ˈpəʊltɪs]

n

1. (Medicine) Also called cataplasm Med a local moist and often heated application for the skin consisting of substances such as kaolin, linseed, or mustard, used to improve the circulation, treat inflamed areas, etc.

2. Austral slang a large sum of money, esp a debt

[from earlier pultes, from Latin puls a thick porridge]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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. cataplasm, 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
Verb	1.	poultice - dress by covering with a therapeutic substance plaster practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" dress - apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's wounds"

Translations

poultice [ˈpəʊltɪs]

A. N → cataplasma f, emplasto m

B. VT → poner una cataplasma a, emplastar (with con)

poultice [ˈpəʊltɪs] n → cataplasme m

poultice

n → Umschlag m, → Wickel m; (for boil) → Zugpflaster nt

vt → einen Umschlag or Wickel machen um; boil → ein Zugpflaster kleben auf (+acc)

poultice [ˈpəʊltɪs] n → impiastro, cataplasma m

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poultice [ˈpəʊltɪs] n → impiastro, cataplasma m