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Meaning of CATAPASM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cat"a*pasm\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to besprinkle; kata`
down, wholly + ? to strew, or sprinkle.] (Med.)
A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle
on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc. --Dunglison.
 
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