catapasm
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek [Term?] (“to besprinkle”).
Noun
catapasm (plural catapasms)
- (medicine, obsolete) A medicinal powder used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for catapasm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)