poultice
English Thesaurus
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. (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | dressing, medical dressing, |
| definition | : | a cloth covering for a wound or sore (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | mustard plaster, sinapism, |
| definition | : | a plaster containing powdered black mustard; applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient (noun.artifact) |
2. dress by covering with a therapeutic substance (verb.body)
| hypernym | : | dress, |
| definition | : | apply a bandage or medication to (verb.body) |
| domain category | : | medicine, practice of medicine, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
3. 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. (noun.artifact)
4. dress by covering with a therapeutic substance (verb.body)
| derivation | : | daubing, plastering, |
| definition | : | the application of plaster (noun.act) |
5. 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. (noun.artifact)
6. dress by covering with a therapeutic substance (verb.body)
| derivation | : | daubing, plastering, |
| definition | : | the application of plaster (noun.act) |
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