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Webster 1913 Edition


Spongiopilin

Sponˊgi-o-pi′lin

(-ō̍-pī′lĭn)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
σπογγίον
, dim. of
σπόγγοσ
a sponge +
πῖλοσ
felt.]
(Med.)
A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. When moistened with hot water it is used as a poultice.

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spongiopilin

spongiopilin

English

Noun

spongiopilin (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, dated) A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. When moistened with hot water it is used as a poultice.