ointment
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mənt noun Pharmacology.
a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a fatty or oily medicated formulation applied to the skin to heal or protect |
| 2. | a similar substance used as a cosmetic |
| [C14: from Old French oignement, from Latin unguentum | |
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Ointment
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Word Origin & History
ointment
late 13c., from O.Fr. oignement, from V.L. *unguimentum, from L. unguentum (see unguent). The first -t- emerged in O.Fr. from oint, p.p. of verb oindre "to anoint."
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
ointment oint·ment (oint'mənt)
n.
A highly viscous or semisolid preparation usually containing medicinal substances and intended for external application.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Ointment definition
Various fragrant preparations, also compounds for medical purposes, are so called (Ex. 30:25; Ps. 133:2; Isa. 1:6; Amos 6:6; John 12:3; Rev. 18:13).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
The sole fly in this otherwise insect-free ointment are the pistes themselves.
Your health care provider may prescribe an antibiotic ointment to be applied to the lid edge.
Even the need for making tears has been taken over by the ophthalmic ointment that protects his corneas.
The history of science can be the journalistic topical ointment.
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