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salve

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. salve (verb)
  2. salve (verb)

2salve

verb
salvedsalv·ing

Definition of SALVE

transitive verb
1
: to remedy (as disease) with or as if with a salve
2
: quiet, assuage <give him a raise in salary to salve his feelings — Upton Sinclair>

First Known Use of SALVE

before 12th century

Other Pharmacology Terms

anodyne, cathartic, emetic, emollient, liniment, paregoric, poultice, purgative, soporific, spectrum

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