poultice, cataplasm, plaster
(noun) a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cataplasm (plural cataplasms)
(medicine) A poultice or plaster, spread over one's skin as medical treatment.
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Source: Wiktionary
Cat"a*plasm, n. Etym: [L. cataplasma, Gr. (Med.)
Definition: A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
