poultices
Definitions
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.
Verb
- Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
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| 1 | appliances | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | proposes | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | appendages | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | playhouses | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | professes | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | apoptosis | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | perkins's | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | pickens's | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | pipefishes | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | polarizes | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | powerhouses | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | presages | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | sprogus's | 3 | 0 |
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| 1 | police | 2 | 155 |
| 2 | politics | 3 | 69 |
| 3 | policies | 3 | 68 |
| 4 | notices | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | politic | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | poultice | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | pouches | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | politicos | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | policed | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | polices | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | police's | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | pulice | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | solstices | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | politics' | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | splices | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | publics | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | poulter | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | potpies | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | politis | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | polites | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 13
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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Skin wound healing part II: from traditional cataplasm to advanced wound dressings
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Nov 21, 2014 The Washington Post
Fact Check: Does applying potato poultice treat inflammation?
Nov 20, 2023 The Healthy Indian Project (THIP)
Nov 20, 2023 The Healthy Indian Project (THIP)