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adj
Taking the form of a cream or ointment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ointment, unction, balm, salve
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
Narrower terms: arnica, baby oil, balsam, carron oil, cerate, chrism, chrisom, sacramental oil, holy oil, lip balm, mentholated salve, mercurial ointment, zinc ointment
History
Borrowed from Latin unguentum (“ointment”), from unguō (“to smear with ointment”), from Proto-Indo-European *h3engw- (“to salve, anoint”). Cognates include Old Prussian anctan, Old High German ancho (German Anke (“butter”)), Welsh ymenyn (“butter”).
