ointment

DEFINITIONS OF: ointment

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; cold 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); nard, spikenard
an aromatic ointment used in antiquity; 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

Type of:: toilet articles, toiletry
artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body)

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; arnica
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; camphor ice
a cerate made of camphor and wax and spermaceti and castor oil

Type of:: curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

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