fomentationn.

Brit.

/ˌfəʊmɛnˈteɪʃn/,

/ˌfəʊm(ə)nˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌfoʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/,

/ˌfoʊmənˈteɪʃən/

Forms: Middle English fomentacioun, Middle English vomentacioun, Middle English–1500s fomentacion, 1500s fomentacyon, 1500s– fomentation.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French fomentation; Latin fōmentātiōn-, fōmentātiō.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman fomentaciun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French fomentacion, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French fomentation application of poultices (1314 in Old French), action of fomenting or stimulating something (1542 in morally positive, 1636 in morally negative sense), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin fōmentātiōn-, fōmentātiō application of poultices (2nd cent. a.d. in legal context) < fōmentum foment n. + -ātiō -ation suffix.Compare Catalan fomentació (c1500), Spanish fomentación (1480), Portuguese fomentação (1563), Italian fomentazione (c1350).

a. Medicine. The action or process of applying a heated therapeutic preparation, typically in the form of a moistened poultice or pad of material, to the surface of the body, to relieve swelling, inflammation, or pain; an instance of this. Occasionally also: the action or process of bathing or soaking a part of the body in heated liquid; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] > treatment by bathing, sprinkling, or fomenting

fomenta1398

fomentationa1400

embrocation1543

irrigation1617

pump-bathing1744

dry pumping1840

nebulization1968

perifusion1969

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 252 Þou schalt make a fomentacioun wiþ hoot water.

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) f. 185 (MED) When þat þe fomentacioun [L. fomentacione] is done by an houre, drye þe membre.

?1541 R. Copland Formularie of Helpes of Woundes & Sores in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Xj^v Fomentacyon with oyle and terebentyne medled & warmed.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxxiv. 50 In manner of a fomentation or a warme bathe.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 289 Fomentation with sponges in vineger.

1714 J. Purcell Treat. Cholick 133 Flannel, or a Thin Woollen Cloth worn next to the Skin..is a lesser kind of perpetual Fomentation.

1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 578 Fomentations with water.

1912 Trained Nurse & Hosp. Rev. May 299/1 Fomentations to the spine before retiring for sedative effect must be soothing.

2008 J. Trout Cancer & You 65 Do the hot fomentations until you get relief.

(a) A heated therapeutic preparation or liquid used in this process. Cf. foment n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > fomentation

fomentationa1400

stupea1400

stopine1582

stupa1602

fotus1616

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 321 Make a vomentacioun of camomille, malue, & bismalue.

1526 Grete Herball sig. D.iv^v/1 And for to clense the matryce, & to helpe concepcyon make a warme fomentacyon of water that it hath be soden in.

1642 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. xv. 58 Boyle them in the Broth..for a Fomentation.

1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory iii. xi. 249 Fomentations are made only with aqueous Menstruums, whereas Embrocations consist of [etc.].

1774 W. Buchan Domest. Med. (ed. 3) xxxi. 338 Flannels wrung out of warm spirituous fomentations should likewise be applied.

1850 J. F. South Househ. Surg. (ed. 2) 24 Another dry fomentation is made by filling a bag with salt, and holding it before the fire till thoroughly heated.

1894 F. Fitzwygram Horses & Stables §314 Hot water makes the best fomentation.

1958 Nursing (St. John Ambulance Assoc.) x. 118 Some people cover the fomentation with a piece of thin mackintosh protective, such as jaconet, before putting on the wool, but this is not very commonly done today.

2009 J. Bruton-Seal & M. Seal Backyard Med. p. xviii/2 Hot fomentations need to be refreshed frequently once they cool down.

(b) In figurative contexts: something likened to a fomentation or poultice in that it soothes or heals. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. iii. 323 Those that in the conflict had fallen should be healed with brotherly mercy, and be helped with the fomentations of repentaunce.

1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) 30 Because the fomentations of my reason haue entred in the.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1962) X. 88 Our workes..cleave to us; whether as fomentations to nourish us, or as corrasives, to gnaw upon us.

?1705 W. Coward Just Scrutiny 25 The only Fomentation, beyond all Chyrurgical ones, that can clear the stains, and discover the Nobility of the Soul.

1965 tr. Alcuin in Stud. Philol. 62 513 What shall I do, but weep my dying one, in the chance that perhaps by the fomentations of scalding tears [L. calidis lacrimarum fomentis] he may yet be resurrected.

†a. A stimulus; something that prompts or influences a particular state or situation. Often with to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates

prickleOE

pritchOE

alighting1340

brodc1375

bellowsc1386

pricka1387

motivec1390

prompting1402

preparativec1450

stirmentc1460

incentive?a1475

fomenta1500

farda1522

instigation1526

pointing1533

swinge1548

spur1551

whetstone1551

goad1567

promptitude1578

alarm1587

inducement1593

solicitor1594

incitement1596

inflammation1597

instance1597

excitement1604

moving spirit1604

heart-blood1606

inflamer1609

rouser1611

stimulator1614

motioner1616

incensivea1618

incitative1620

incitation1622

whettera1625

impulsivea1628

excitation1628

incendiary1628

dispositive1629

fomentationa1631

switch1630

stirrer1632

irritament1634

provocative1638

impetus1641

driving force1642

driving power1642

engagement1642

firer1653

propellant1654

fomentary1657

impulse1660

urgency1664

impeller1686

fillip1699

shove1724

incitive1736

stimulative1747

bonus1787

stimulus1791

impellent1793

stimulant1794

propulsion1800

instigant1833

propulsive1834

motive power1836

evoker1845

motivity1857

afflatus1865

flip1881

urge1882

agent provocateur1888

will to power1896

a shot in the arm1922

motivator1929

driver1971

co-driver1993

a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) i. i. §8 Denying to it lawfull refreshings, and fomentations.

1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea iv. 282 Rewards and punishments are ordinarily fomentations to the greatest resistances.

1659 C. Noble Inexpediency of Exped. 5 Unless the..slie Redarguings..be a rise and fomentation to such a Dispute.

b. The action or process of fomenting or stimulating, esp. something bad; encouragement; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation

puttingOE

sleatinga1122

eggingc1200

pricking?c1225

enticement1303

movinga1382

eggmentc1386

stirring1399

instinct1412

instigationc1422

motiona1425

provocationa1425

coyingc1440

ertingc1440

tollingc1440

artation1441

incitation1477

instinction1490

inhortationc1503

stimulation1526

abetment1533

onsetting1541

provokement?1545

incitament1579

stirring?c1580

irritation1589

incitement1594

spurring1611

to give foment to1613

fomenting1615

prompturea1616

proritation1615

urgea1618

exstimulation1626

fomentation1633

instinctment1661

spurning1672

impulsing1885

1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. 327 The third effect or fruit of Stage-playes, is the irritation, the inflamation, the fomentation of divers sinfull lusts.

1671 A. Marvell Let. 18 Feb. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 269 I am..well pleasd to find him & M^r Whittington jealous of one another w^ch shall not want fomentation.

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 44 Dishonest Fomentation of your Pride.

1768 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 2 July A fomentation of dissentions and animosities, which may arise from different interests and court influence.

1861 Times 29 Aug. The fomentation of Hungarian discontent by foreign intrigues.

2017 Malta Independent (Nexis) 31 Dec. Intent only on misinformation and the fomentation of hatred.

†3. The action or process of heating or warming. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun]

heating1398

fomenting?a1425

warmingc1440

calefaction1547

chafing1580

riscaldation1599

excalfaction1607

fomentation1657

1657 R. Turner tr. C. H. Nuisement Sal, Lumen, & Spiritus Mundi Philosophici i. v. 33 Corruption arises upon the action of Heat over Moisture, and Generation follows upon Corruption; as we may see in the small Body of an Egg, wherein, by the heat of Fomentation [Fr. fomentation] and Incubation, the Sperm putrefies, and afterwards the Chicken is coagulated and formed.

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. iii. 42 The Fomentation of an Hen, that sets abrood.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fomentation
释义	fomentationn. Brit. /ˌfəʊmɛnˈteɪʃn/, /ˌfəʊm(ə)nˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌfoʊmɛnˈteɪʃən/, /ˌfoʊmənˈteɪʃən/ Forms: Middle English fomentacioun, Middle English vomentacioun, Middle English–1500s fomentacion, 1500s fomentacyon, 1500s– fomentation. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French fomentation; Latin fōmentātiōn-, fōmentātiō. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman fomentaciun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French fomentacion, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French fomentation application of poultices (1314 in Old French), action of fomenting or stimulating something (1542 in morally positive, 1636 in morally negative sense), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin fōmentātiōn-, fōmentātiō application of poultices (2nd cent. a.d. in legal context) < fōmentum foment n. + -ātiō -ation suffix.Compare Catalan fomentació (c1500), Spanish fomentación (1480), Portuguese fomentação (1563), Italian fomentazione (c1350). 1. a. Medicine. The action or process of applying a heated therapeutic preparation, typically in the form of a moistened poultice or pad of material, to the surface of the body, to relieve swelling, inflammation, or pain; an instance of this. Occasionally also: the action or process of bathing or soaking a part of the body in heated liquid; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] > treatment by bathing, sprinkling, or fomenting fomenta1398 fomentationa1400 embrocation1543 irrigation1617 pump-bathing1744 dry pumping1840 nebulization1968 perifusion1969 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 252 Þou schalt make a fomentacioun wiþ hoot water. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) f. 185 (MED) When þat þe fomentacioun [L. fomentacione] is done by an houre, drye þe membre. ?1541 R. Copland Formularie of Helpes of Woundes & Sores in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Xj^v Fomentacyon with oyle and terebentyne medled & warmed. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxxiv. 50 In manner of a fomentation or a warme bathe. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 289 Fomentation with sponges in vineger. 1714 J. Purcell Treat. Cholick 133 Flannel, or a Thin Woollen Cloth worn next to the Skin..is a lesser kind of perpetual Fomentation. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 578 Fomentations with water. 1912 Trained Nurse & Hosp. Rev. May 299/1 Fomentations to the spine before retiring for sedative effect must be soothing. 2008 J. Trout Cancer & You 65 Do the hot fomentations until you get relief. b. (a) A heated therapeutic preparation or liquid used in this process. Cf. foment n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > fomentation fomentationa1400 stupea1400 stopine1582 stupa1602 fotus1616 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 321 Make a vomentacioun of camomille, malue, & bismalue. 1526 Grete Herball sig. D.iv^v/1 And for to clense the matryce, & to helpe concepcyon make a warme fomentacyon of water that it hath be soden in. 1642 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. xv. 58 Boyle them in the Broth..for a Fomentation. 1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory iii. xi. 249 Fomentations are made only with aqueous Menstruums, whereas Embrocations consist of [etc.]. 1774 W. Buchan Domest. Med. (ed. 3) xxxi. 338 Flannels wrung out of warm spirituous fomentations should likewise be applied. 1850 J. F. South Househ. Surg. (ed. 2) 24 Another dry fomentation is made by filling a bag with salt, and holding it before the fire till thoroughly heated. 1894 F. Fitzwygram Horses & Stables §314 Hot water makes the best fomentation. 1958 Nursing (St. John Ambulance Assoc.) x. 118 Some people cover the fomentation with a piece of thin mackintosh protective, such as jaconet, before putting on the wool, but this is not very commonly done today. 2009 J. Bruton-Seal & M. Seal Backyard Med. p. xviii/2 Hot fomentations need to be refreshed frequently once they cool down. (b) In figurative contexts: something likened to a fomentation or poultice in that it soothes or heals. Now rare. ΚΠ 1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. iii. 323 Those that in the conflict had fallen should be healed with brotherly mercy, and be helped with the fomentations of repentaunce. 1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) 30 Because the fomentations of my reason haue entred in the. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1962) X. 88 Our workes..cleave to us; whether as fomentations to nourish us, or as corrasives, to gnaw upon us. ?1705 W. Coward Just Scrutiny 25 The only Fomentation, beyond all Chyrurgical ones, that can clear the stains, and discover the Nobility of the Soul. 1965 tr. Alcuin in Stud. Philol. 62 513 What shall I do, but weep my dying one, in the chance that perhaps by the fomentations of scalding tears [L. calidis lacrimarum fomentis] he may yet be resurrected. 2. †a. A stimulus; something that prompts or influences a particular state or situation. Often with to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates prickleOE pritchOE alighting1340 brodc1375 bellowsc1386 pricka1387 motivec1390 prompting1402 preparativec1450 stirmentc1460 incentive?a1475 fomenta1500 farda1522 instigation1526 pointing1533 swinge1548 spur1551 whetstone1551 goad1567 promptitude1578 alarm1587 inducement1593 solicitor1594 incitement1596 inflammation1597 instance1597 excitement1604 moving spirit1604 heart-blood1606 inflamer1609 rouser1611 stimulator1614 motioner1616 incensivea1618 incitative1620 incitation1622 whettera1625 impulsivea1628 excitation1628 incendiary1628 dispositive1629 fomentationa1631 switch1630 stirrer1632 irritament1634 provocative1638 impetus1641 driving force1642 driving power1642 engagement1642 firer1653 propellant1654 fomentary1657 impulse1660 urgency1664 impeller1686 fillip1699 shove1724 incitive1736 stimulative1747 bonus1787 stimulus1791 impellent1793 stimulant1794 propulsion1800 instigant1833 propulsive1834 motive power1836 evoker1845 motivity1857 afflatus1865 flip1881 urge1882 agent provocateur1888 will to power1896 a shot in the arm1922 motivator1929 driver1971 co-driver1993 a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) i. i. §8 Denying to it lawfull refreshings, and fomentations. 1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea iv. 282 Rewards and punishments are ordinarily fomentations to the greatest resistances. 1659 C. Noble Inexpediency of Exped. 5 Unless the..slie Redarguings..be a rise and fomentation to such a Dispute. b. The action or process of fomenting or stimulating, esp. something bad; encouragement; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation puttingOE sleatinga1122 eggingc1200 pricking?c1225 enticement1303 movinga1382 eggmentc1386 stirring1399 instinct1412 instigationc1422 motiona1425 provocationa1425 coyingc1440 ertingc1440 tollingc1440 artation1441 incitation1477 instinction1490 inhortationc1503 stimulation1526 abetment1533 onsetting1541 provokement?1545 incitament1579 stirring?c1580 irritation1589 incitement1594 spurring1611 to give foment to1613 fomenting1615 prompturea1616 proritation1615 urgea1618 exstimulation1626 fomentation1633 instinctment1661 spurning1672 impulsing1885 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. 327 The third effect or fruit of Stage-playes, is the irritation, the inflamation, the fomentation of divers sinfull lusts. 1671 A. Marvell Let. 18 Feb. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 269 I am..well pleasd to find him & M^r Whittington jealous of one another w^ch shall not want fomentation. 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 44 Dishonest Fomentation of your Pride. 1768 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 2 July A fomentation of dissentions and animosities, which may arise from different interests and court influence. 1861 Times 29 Aug. The fomentation of Hungarian discontent by foreign intrigues. 2017 Malta Independent (Nexis) 31 Dec. Intent only on misinformation and the fomentation of hatred. †3. The action or process of heating or warming. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun] heating1398 fomenting?a1425 warmingc1440 calefaction1547 chafing1580 riscaldation1599 excalfaction1607 fomentation1657 1657 R. Turner tr. C. H. Nuisement Sal, Lumen, & Spiritus Mundi Philosophici i. v. 33 Corruption arises upon the action of Heat over Moisture, and Generation follows upon Corruption; as we may see in the small Body of an Egg, wherein, by the heat of Fomentation [Fr. fomentation] and Incubation, the Sperm putrefies, and afterwards the Chicken is coagulated and formed. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. iii. 42 The Fomentation of an Hen, that sets abrood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1400
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