Look up: poultice

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   Poultice
   In medicine, a poultice is a soft moist application applied externally to some part of the body either hot or cold, but generally hot. The simple poultice is made with linseed meal and boiling water, spread out with a uniform thickness on a cloth or rag, and is used where it is desired to hasten the progress of inflammation. Its moisture causes relaxation of the skin, and thereby lessens the discomfort or pain. It also acts as a counter-irritant, producing a redness and congestion of the skin.
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   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. 2. [v] - dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
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   Poultice
   poultices are packs of powders, dried or fresh herbs, enclosed in a muslin bag or wrapped in folds of a flannel or linen and soaked in boiling water, then applied to the affected area of the body
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   Poultice
   A moist, usually warm or hot mass of plant material applied to the skin, or with cloth between the skin and plant material, to effect a medicinal action.
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   Poultice
   Poultice: A soft moist mass about the consistency of cooked porridge that is spread on cloth and applied warm to create moist local heat or counterirritation. As in: 'And silence, like a poultice, comes/ To heal the blows of sound' by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. The word poultice derives from the Latin pulta and the Greek poltos, both meaning porrid ...
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   Poultice
   Poul'tice noun [ Latin puls , plural pultes , a thick pap; akin to Greek po`ltos . Confer 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.
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   Poultice
   Poul'tice transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Poulticed ; present participle & verbal noun Poulticing .] To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.
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   poultice
   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.' ... Origin: L. Puls, pl. Pultes, a thick pap; akin to Gr. Poltos. Cf. Pulse seeds. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   poultice
   cataplasm noun 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.
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    Poultice
    A `poultice`, also called `cataplasm`, is a soft moist mass, often heated and medicated, that is spread on cloth over the skin to treat an aching, inflamed, or painful part of the body. It can also be a porous solid filled with solvent used to remove stains from porous stone such as marble or granite. The word `poultice` comes from the Latin `puls, pultes`, meaning `porridge.` Historically poultices were made from bread or other cereals, or lead...
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    poultice
    (pōl´tis) a soft, moist mass about the consistency of cooked cereal, spread between layers of muslin, linen, gauze, or towels and applied hot to a given area in order to create moist local heat or counterirritation.
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    Poultice
    • (n.) A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm. • (v. t.) To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.
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    poultice
    A soft magma or mush prepared by wetting various powders or other absorbent substances with oily or watery fluids, sometimes medicated, and usually applied hot to the surface; it exerts an emollient, relaxing, or stimulant, counterirritant effect upon the skin and underlying tissues. Syn: cataplasm [L. puls (pult-), a thick pap; G. poltos]
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