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Webster 1913 Edition
Catapasm
Cat′a-pasm
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to besprinkle;
κατά
down, wholly + [GREEK] to strew, or sprinkle.] (Med.)
A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc.
Dunglison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Catapasm
CATAPASM
,Noun.