ointment
Example Sentences
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She lived alone beyond the orchard, gathering herbs and other growing things and selling the medicines, ointments, and dyes she made from them.
From Literature
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.
"Do you want some ointment for ..." Dr. Thatcher's voice trailed off.
From Literature
She’d brought the box of bandages and antibiotic ointments from the bathroom, and she pulled Akira into a chair to see to the burn on her arm.
From Literature
New research from Nagoya University in Japan has identified a previously overlooked risk associated with widely used eye ointments.
From Science Daily
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