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CATAPLASM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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.
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cataplasm" is a kind of...):
dressing; medical dressing (a cloth covering for a wound or sore)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cataplasm"):
mustard plaster; sinapism (a plaster containing powdered black mustard; applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient)
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