catapasm

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catapasm - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Catapasm \Cat"a*pasm\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to besprinkle; kata`
     down, wholly + ? to strew, or sprinkle.] (Med.)
     A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle
     on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc. --Dunglison.
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