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oint·ment
(oint′mənt)n.
A highly viscous or semisolid substance used on the skin as a cosmetic, emollient, or medicament; a salve.
[Middle English oinement, from Old French oignement, from Vulgar Latin *unguimentum, from Latin unguentum; see unguent.]
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ointment
(ˈɔɪntmənt)n
1. (Pharmacology) a fatty or oily medicated formulation applied to the skin to heal or protect
2. (Pharmacology) a similar substance used as a cosmetic
[C14: from Old French oignement, from Latin unguentum unguent]
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oint•ment
(ˈɔɪnt mənt)n.
a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin.
[1400–50; late Middle English oynt(e)ment, b. of Middle English oynement, oignement (< Old French « Latin unguentum; see unguent) and ointen, variant of enointen to anoint]
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| Noun | 1. |  ointment - semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritationarnica - an ointment used in treating bruises baby oil - an ointment for babies balsam - an ointment containing a fragrant resin carron oil - an ointment formerly used to treat burns cerate - a hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin chrism, chrisom, holy oil, sacramental oil - a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam lip balm - a balm applied to the lips mentholated salve - a salve containing menthol mercurial ointment - an ointment containing mercury zinc ointment - an ointment containing zinc that is used to treat certain skin diseases medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques lanolin, wool fat, wool grease - a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics |
| 2. |  ointment - 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 skincold cream, coldcream, face cream, vanishing cream - a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin hand cream - moisturizing cream for the hands lanolin - an emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained from the wool of sheep) sun blocker, sunblock, sunscreen - a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn toilet articles, toiletry - artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body) |
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ointment
noun salve, dressing, cream, lotion, balm, lubricant, emollient, liniment, embrocation, unguent, cerate a range of ointments for the treatment of eczema
fly in the ointment problem, trouble, difficulty, complication, uphill (S. African) The only fly in the ointment is his ex-wife.
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Translations
مَرْهَممِرْهَمٌ
mast
salve
voide
mast
smyrsl
軟膏
연고
ziede, smēre
melem
salva
ขี้ผึ้ง
thuốc mỡ
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
ointment
[ˈɔɪntmənt] n → pommade fthe fly in the ointment
The fly in the ointment is debt of 485.7 million → Le hic, c'est une dette de 485,7 millions de dollars.
There is one small fly in the ointment → Il y a juste un petit hic ...
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
ointment
n → Salbe f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ointment
(ˈointmənt) noun any greasy substance rubbed on the skin to heal injuries etc.
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ointment
→ مِرْهَمٌ mast salve Salbe αλοιφή ungüento voide pommade mast unguento 軟膏 연고 zalf salve smarowidło pomada мазь salva ขี้ผึ้ง merhem thuốc mỡ 药膏Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
oint·ment
n. ungüento, pomada, unto, untura; medicamento oleaginoso semisólido de uso externo.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
ointment
n pomada, ungüentoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.