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Definition of Cataplasm
1. 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..
Generic synonyms: Dressing, Medical Dressing
Specialized synonyms: Mustard Plaster, Sinapism
Derivative terms: Plaster, Poultice
Definition of Cataplasm
1. n. A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice.
Definition of Cataplasm
1. Noun. (medicine) A poultice or plaster, spread over one's skin as medical treatment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cataplasm
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Cataplasm
1. Synonym: poultice. Origin: G. Kataplasma, poultice, fr. Kataplasso, to spread over (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cataplasm
Literary usage of Cataplasm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1838)
"In the first volume of the "Medical Reports," you will find that Dr. James Curry
cured a case of epilepsy by a cataplasm formed chiefly of tobacco, ..."
2. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"This is a valuable emollient cataplasm, to allay pam, inflammation t and favor
suppuration. It is used for similar purposes with the elm poultice. ..."
3. Domestic Medicine, Or, Plain Instructions in the Art of Preserving and by François-Vincent Raspail (1853)
"Emollient cataplasm. Add three and a half or four ounces of linseed meal to a
pint of boiling water. Take the glutinous mass produced off the fire, ..."
4. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Directory of All the Chemicals and Preparations by John Rudolphy (1877)
"Charcoal cataplasm. Compound carrots cataplasm. Test cataplasm. ... Chloride of
soda cataplasm. Vulnerary cataplasm. Granulated Catechu. ..."
5. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"They are sometimes recommended to be swallowed whole, in dyspepsia, torpor of
the bowels, Ac. Externally, they are applied in the form of cataplasm. ..."
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