To foment, bathe with warm liquid.

transitive. Medicine. To bathe or soak (a part of the body) with heated liquid; to apply a heated medicinal preparation, esp. in the form of a…

transitive. To apply a stupe to (a wound, part of the body, etc.); to foment. Now rare.

transitive. Medicine. To apply a heated therapeutic preparation, esp. in the form of a moistened poultice or pad of material, to (a part of the…

transitive. = embrocate, v.

transitive. To put (a person or body part) under a stream of water from a pump, esp. as a rough arbitrary punishment, or in medical treatment. Also in…

transitive. To bathe or foment (a part of the body) with liquid, in order to remove or mitigate disease.

spec. Medicine. To supply (a part, a wound, etc.) with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or…