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† ˈcatapasm Obs. Med. [ad. Gr. κατάπασµα (‘Paulus ægineta vii. 13’, Syd. Soc. Lex.), f. καταπάσσ-ειν to besprinkle, strew over.] ‘A former term..for any dry medicine in powder, which was sprinkled on ulcers’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 201 Odoriferous Powders..strewed upon cloaths are properly called Catapasms. 1678–96in Phillips. 1818in Todd. 1849in Smart. |