ointment
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The rare items, which have been loaned by the Royal Navy Museum, include a bowl and dinner plate, a boot and belt buckle and an ointment pot.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
The vitamin K shot is one of the three main interventions, along with the hepatitis B vaccine and an antibiotic ointment in the eyes, that newborns typically receive before leaving the hospital.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
The human-headed fly in the ointment is the island itself, which is a supernatural smorgasbord, mostly quiet but waking up just in time to meet the visitors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
In three cases, the MicroShunt was exposed outside the conjunctiva and patients were treated with a petrolatum-based eye ointment.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026
Then he applied some ointment to his aching foot and sat down at his desk to do some of the paperwork that had piled up.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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Little wonder, then, that many patients preferred the services of women healers, or would take a risk on “quacks”—traveling salesmen selling ointments from town to town—rather than risk a visit to a hospital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
The study shows that petrolatum-based eye ointments can cause a popular glaucoma implant to swell and, in some cases, rupture.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026
The family obtained Metanium on prescription after a range of other ointments proved unsatisfactory, but their supply is almost exhausted.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
“Creams and ointments are always better than lotions, things out of jars are always better than things out of a pump bottle,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025
One wall was lined with bookshelves and bins stacked with old scrolls and parchments; another held racks of ointments, herbs, and potions.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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"Be Prepared" by Vera Brosgol
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