the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > ointments, etc. > [noun] (79)
‘Any kind of moist, or soft, external application’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).
Subcategories:
— ointment (29)
— balsam (23)
— cerate (5)
— liniment (9)
— preparation used in massage (1)
— paste (external) (7)
— paint or varnish (2)
— gluey solution used in surgery (1)
— application for pinguefying (1)