ointment

Example Sentences

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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

There are two potential flies in the ointment.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

Among the Pfizer drugs to be sold at reduced prices are Eucrisa, an eczema ointment, Xeljanz for rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases, and the migraine treatment Zavzpret, according to a White House fact sheet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

The family of a disabled teenager desperate to source a discontinued ointment said those selling it at inflated prices were "morally corrupt".

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

She daubed the ointment onto the wound, picked up his hand, and examined the spidery black knots as if they were a work of art—a painting, a sculpture.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby