Cataplasm: A poultice or plaster. A soft moist mass, often warm and medicated, that is spread over the skin to treat an inflamed, aching or painful area, to improve the circulation, etc. From the Greek kataplasma, poultice, from kataplasso, to spread over. See also: Mustard plaster; Poultice.
cat·a·plasm (k t-pl z m) n. See poultice. [Middle English cathaplasma and French cataplasme, both from Latin cataplasma, from Greek kataplasma, from kataplassein ...
Cataplasm: A poultice or plaster. A soft moist mass, often warm and medicated, that is spread over the skin to treat an inflamed, aching or painful area, to improve the ...
Definition of CATAPLASM: poultice. Examples of CATAPLASM <the doctor ordered the placement of a cataplasm on the wound until it closed up> Origin of CATAPLASM
NUMOTIZINE, a medication for the treatment of pneumonia, bronchitis, colds and related conditions in the form of a poultice or cataplasm for external use. For human and ...
noun Medicine/Medical . poultice. Origin: 1555–65; < Latin cataplasma < Greek katáplasma. See cata- , -plasm :10 :09 :08 :07 :06 :05 :04 :03 :02 :01 Cataplasm is ...