inunct
English
Etymology
From Latin inunctus, perfect passive participle of inunguere (“to anoint”). Doublet of anoint.
Verb
inunct (third-person singular simple present inuncts, present participle inuncting, simple past and past participle inuncted)
- To smear with ointment.
- 1901, The Medical Standard - Volume 24, page 93:
- The contents of one of these is to be inuncted for at least twenty minutes once daily after thorough cleansing on the inner surface of the thighs, the flanks, and the forearms.
- 1907, Transactions of the Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania Annual Session, volume 44, page 250:
- She now picks up the baby: sees that the cord is not bleeding, and with warm oil, alboline, vaseline, or warm fresh lard, thoroughly inuncts the baby […]
- 1953, Henry C. G. Semon, An Atlas of the Commoner Skin Diseases, 4th edition, page 52:
- [Undecyclenic acid] has certainly proved efficient in the majority of the chronic types of 'athlete's foot' […] The patient is instructed to inunct a small quantity once or twice weekly between his toes […]
Related terms
- inunction