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Definition of Poultice

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..

2. Verb. Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance. "Did he poultice his foot? "

Definition of Poultice

1. 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.

2. v. t. To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.

Definition of Poultice

1. Noun. A soft, moist mass applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe. A poultice is usually wrapped in cloth and often warmed before being applied. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Poultice

1. to apply a healing substance to [v -TICED, -TICING, -TICES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poultice

pouldrons poule poules poulet poulette poulp poulpe poulpes poulps poult

poulter poulter's measure poulterer poulterers poulters poultice (current term) poulticed poulticelike poultices poulticing

poultries poultry poultryman poultrymen poultrywoman poultrywomen poults pounce pounced pouncer

Literary usage of Poultice

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.) (1832)
"Observations on the Use of the Malt poultice. By STEPHEN W. WILLIAMS, MD late Professor of ... Some practitioners prefer the charcoal to the malt poultice. ..."

2. Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the by Arnold James Cooley (1892)
"L. To a common poultice add solution or tincture of iodine. ... Ground malt, with yeast, qs to form a poultice ; to be applied warm. ..."

3. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1882)
"HOW TO MAKE A poultice. EVERT one knows the relief which a poultice affords when the finger is inflamed, and has noticed how the painful throbbing ..."

4. A Handbook of therapeutics by Sydney Ringer (1883)
"pounded as rapidly as possible, otherwise the poultice when made will be almost cold. Only an experienced hand can make a model poultice. ..."

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