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Ointment

//ˈɔɪntm(ə)nt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient. countable, uncountable

    "The doctor prescribed an antibiotic ointment for the wound."

  2. 2
    toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin wordnet
  3. 3
    A substance used to anoint, as in religious rituals. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation wordnet

Etymology

A later form (as if oint + -ment) of Middle English oinement, borrowed from Old French oignement (“an anointing”), from oigner, oindre, ongier (“to anoint”), from Latin ung(u)ō (“I anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to smear, anoint”). Partly displaced native Old English sealf, whence modern salve.

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