what does poultice mean?
POULTICE as NOUN
- 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.
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POULTICE as VERB
- Meaning
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
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Hypernyms(s) poultice is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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