catapasm
English
editEtymology
editAncient Greek [Term?] (“to besprinkle”).
Noun
editcatapasm (plural catapasms)
- (medicine, obsolete) A medicinal powder used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc.[1]
References
edit- ^ 1839, Robley Dunglison, “CATAPASM”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC:
- “catapasm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.