Foment: alternatives and connections

liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin; "a lotion for dry skin"

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a d…

To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.

The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or th…

A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.

Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp. oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose, water brose, etc., accor…

The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used.

A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.

irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse…

That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandel…

To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.

The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.

Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.

A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect.

To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense…

A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitre…

Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degr…

(medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution