Preparation vs Cerate - What's the difference?
preparation | cerate |
(uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
That which is prepared.
(countable) A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
(medicine, archaic) An unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.
(Webster 1913)
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As nouns the difference between preparation and cerate
is that preparation is (uncountable) the act of preparing or getting ready while cerate is (medicine|archaic) an unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.preparation
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* (archaic)Noun
- The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.
