| NOUN | artifact | poultice, cataplasm, plaster | 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. |
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| VERB | body | poultice, plaster | dress by covering with a therapeutic substance |
| Sounds | pow'ltahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | 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.. | |
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| Synonyms | cataplasm, plaster | |
| Narrower | mustard plaster, sinapism | A plaster containing powdered black mustard |
| Broader | dressing, medical dressing | A cloth covering for a wound or sore |
| Spanish | cataplasma, emplasto | |
| Catalan | cataplasma, emplastre | |
| Verbs | poultice | dress by covering with a therapeutic substance |
| Meaning | Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Did he poultice his foot? | |
| Synonym | plaster | |
| Category | medicine, practice of 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 |
| Broader | dress | apply a bandage or medication to |
| Spanish | emplastar, escayolar | |
| Catalan | enguixar | |
| Nouns | 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. |
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