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Record 1 2001-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Medication
  • Epidermis and Dermis
DEF

A soft moist mass of adhesive substances, usually heated, sometimes medicated, spread on cloth, and applied to a part of the body as an emollient, a relaxant, a stimulant, or a counterirritant.

CONT

Another tribe dries the leaves [of the plant Schoenobiblus peruvianus] and reduces them to a powder, which is then applied as a poultice to persistent infected cuts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Médicaments
  • Épiderme et derme
DEF

Préparation médicamenteuse de la consistance d'une bouillie épaisse qui, étalée entre deux linges, s'applique généralement chaude sur la partie du corps à soigner.

CONT

Cataplasme de farine de lin, de moutarde.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
  • Medicamentos
  • Epidermis y dermis
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