fomentation
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fomentation (plural fomentations)
- 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.
- The lotion applied to a diseased part.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VII, chapter xiii
- I then applied a fomentation to the part, which highly answered the intention;
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VII, chapter xiii
- Excitation; instigation; encouragement.
