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Definition of Fomentation

1. Noun. A substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice.

2. Noun. Application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation.

3. Noun. Deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord).

Definition of Fomentation

1. n. The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors.

Definition of Fomentation

1. Noun. The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors. ¹

2. Noun. The lotion applied to a diseased part. ¹

3. Noun. Excitation; instigation; encouragement. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fomentation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fomentation

1. 1. The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumours. The lotion applied to a diseased part. 2. Excitation; instigation; encouragement. "Dishonest fomentation of your pride." (Young) Origin: fomentatio: cf. F. Fomentation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fomentation

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Literary usage of Fomentation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Stomach: Its Disorders, and how to Cure Them by John Harvey Kellogg (1896)
"Renew the fomentation when the heat begins to moderate very perceptibly, ... Mustard or Turpentine fomentation.—The effect of the fomentation may be ..."

2. Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the by Arnold James Cooley, W. North (1892)
"1. Marsh-mallow root and poppy-heads, of each, 1 oz. ; water, 3 pints ; boil to a quart and strain. fomentation, Foxglove. Syn. ..."

3. Papers on Health by John Kirk (1904)
"If the skin suffers from the fomentation, do the same thing, and if this does not cure, dress it, before putting on the fomentation flannels, ..."

4. Lives of the Queens of England: from the Norman conquest by Agnes Strickland (1848)
"Too often there is an evil propensity in the human heart which finds amusement in the fomentation of dissension where family interests clash. ..."

5. The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1893)
"He begun this night the fomentation to my wife, and I hope it will do well with her. He gone, I to the office again a little, and so to bed. ..."

6. The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban and Lord by Francis Bacon (1819)
"His Lordship's broth and fomentation for the stone. The broth. ... The fomentation. TAKE of leaves of violets, mallows, pellitory of the wall, together, ..."

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