Medical Dictionary

1poultice

noun poul·tice \ˈpōl-təs\

Medical Definition of POULTICE

:  a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions to supply moist warmth, relieve pain, or act as a counterirritant or antiseptic—called also cataplasm
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