CATAPLASM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cataplasm mean? 

• CATAPLASM (noun)
  The noun CATAPLASM has 1 sense:

1. a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.

  Familiarity information: CATAPLASM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATAPLASM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cataplasm; plaster; poultice

Hypernyms ("cataplasm" is a kind of...):

dressing; medical dressing (a cloth covering for a wound or sore)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cataplasm"):

mustard plaster; sinapism (a plaster containing powdered black mustard; applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient)