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cataplasms

noun

plural of cataplasm

as in plasters

a medicated covering used to heal an injury the doctor ordered the placement of a cataplasm on the wound until it closed up

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Paige makes her own plasters, adding her own pigments to a marble plaster base.

— Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025

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