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fomentation

[foh-men-tey-shuhn] / ˌfoʊ mɛnˈteɪ ʃən /
NOUN
poultice
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The cause of this fomentation of tourists was a gleaming, new, $750,000 Latter-day Saints Temple.

From Time Magazine Archive

Concerned that Fanny was not improving, Emma and Elizabeth sent for the apothecary, a Mr. B., who “ordered fomentation with poppy heads,” Emma noted.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

The pain seemed similar to that which he had felt in his leg, which had been relieved by the application of the boracic fomentation.

From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by Hume-Griffith, A.

When it is not practicable to confine a fomentation to the injured parts, as in shoulder or hip lameness, constant bathing with the decoction will answer the same purpose.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

They are used as an external application, in the form of fomentation, for bruises, &c.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George




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