| poultice | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. cataplasm, plaster, poultice | 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.. |
| ~ medical dressing, dressing | a cloth covering for a wound or sore. |
| ~ mustard plaster, sinapism | a plaster containing powdered black mustard; applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient. |
| v. (body) | 2. plaster, poultice | dress by covering with a therapeutic substance. |
| ~ practice of medicine, medicine | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries.; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
| ~ dress | apply a bandage or medication to.; "dress the victim's wounds" |
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