poultice

English

Etymology

From an alteration of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English pultes, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pultes, plural of puls.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊltɪs/

Noun

poultice (plural poultices)

1. 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.
   • Francis Bacon

     Poultice relaxeth the pores.

Synonyms

• cataplasm

Translations

A poultice or plaster

• Bulgarian: компрес (bg) m (kompres)
• Catalan: cataplasma (ca) m
• Danish: ^{(please verify)} grødomslag c
• Dutch: papomslag n, cataplasma n
• Faroese: ^{(please verify)} greytarbak n
• Finnish: haude (fi)
• French: cataplasme (fr) m
• Galician: emplasto m, cataplasma f, papuxas f pl
• Greek: κατάπλασμα (el) n (katáplasma)

  Ancient: κατάπλασμα n (katáplasma)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: cataplasma m
• Latin: fōmentum n
• Maori: whakapiripiri, tākai
• Norman: poussot m (Jersey), vithicatouaithe m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: grøtomslag n
• Portuguese: emplastro (pt), emplasto (pt), cataplasma (pt) m or f
• Russian: припа́рка (ru) f (pripárka)
• Spanish: cataplasma (es) f
• Swedish: grötomslag n, foment, omslag (sv) n

Verb

1. (transitive) To treat with a poultice.

Anagrams

• epulotic