verb
- past tense and past participle of poultice; treated with a poultice (a soft, moist mass applied to the body to relieve pain or inflammation)
Usage: medical/healthcare context
adjective
- having been treated with a poultice
Usage: medical/healthcare context
Examples
- The nurse poulticed the patient's infected wound with a warm compress.
- She poulticed her sprained ankle with clay and herbs to reduce swelling.
- The poulticed area showed improvement within two days.
- He applied a poulticed bandage to the burn to ease the pain.
- The doctor recommended that the abscess be poulticed before considering surgery.
- A poulticed leg can help draw out infection naturally.