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noun
an ointment or salve, usually liquid or semiliquid, for application to wounds, sores, etc.
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| unguent (ˈʌŋɡwənt) | |
| —n | |
| a less common name for an ointment | |
| [C15: from Latin unguentum, from unguere to anoint] | |
| 'unguentary | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
unguent
"ointment," c.1440, from L. unguentem "ointment," from stem of unguere "to anoint or smear with ointment," from PIE base *ongw- "to salve, anoint" (cf. Skt. anakti "anoints, smears," Armenian aucanem "I anoint," O.Pruss. anctan "butter," O.H.G. ancho, Ger. anke "butter," O.Ir. imb, Welsh ymenyn "butter").
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Medical Dictionary
unguent un·guent (ŭng'gwənt)
n.
A soothing or medicinal salve.
un'guen·tar'y (-těr'ē) adj.
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