Ointment vs Poultice - What's the difference?
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(medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
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
To treat with a poultice.
As nouns the difference between ointment and poultice
is that ointment is a viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient while poultice is 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.As a verb poultice is
to treat with a poultice.ointment
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* salve * unguentDerived terms
* fly in the ointmentSee also
* cream * inunction * liniment * unction * unctuous * unguentExternal links
* * *poultice
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(wikipedia poultice)Noun
(en noun)- Poultice relaxeth the pores.