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Definition of Ointment
1. Noun. Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation.
Specialized synonyms: Arnica, Baby Oil, Balsam, Carron Oil, Cerate, Chrism, Chrisom, Holy Oil, Sacramental Oil, Lip Balm, Mentholated Salve, Mercurial Ointment, Zinc Ointment
Generic synonyms: Curative, Cure, Remedy, Therapeutic
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Terms within: Lanolin, Wool Fat, Wool Grease
Derivative terms: Salve
2. Noun. Toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin.
Specialized synonyms: Cold Cream, Coldcream, Face Cream, Vanishing Cream, Hand Cream, Lanolin, Nard, Spikenard, Sun Blocker, Sunblock, Sunscreen
Generic synonyms: Toilet Articles, Toiletry
Derivative terms: Cream, Emollient
Definition of Ointment
1. n. That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used for smearing or anointing; an unguent.
Definition of Ointment
1. Noun. (medicine) a viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient. (compare with cream) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ointment
1. a viscous preparation applied to the skin as a medicine or cosmetic [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ointment
1. An ointment has an oil base whereas a cream is water-soluble. (the word ointment comes from the latin ungere meaning anoint with oil). (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ointment
Literary usage of Ointment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"de précipité rouge, ointment of red mercuric oxide, red precipitate ointment.
— de tannin, ointment of tannic acid. — d'iode, iodine ointment. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by Sir William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"ointment« as well as oil were j»ed to anoint dead bodies and the clothes in
which ;hey were wrapped. Our Lord thus spake of His >wo body being anointed by ..."
3. A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1865)
"Simple ointment, ]f j. ; soften over a gentle fire and add red oxide of mercury,
... ointment of iodide of potassium. Iodide of potassium, in fine powder, ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1877)
"Boracic Acid ointment.—Mr. AW Bateman calls attention to the value of Prof.
Lister's boracic acid ointment as a dressing for wounds in general. ..."
5. Dr. Chase's Recipes: Or, Information for Everybody: an Invaluable Collection by Alvin Wood Chase (1888)
"129 ointment for Eruptions 347 ointment, Bine 495 ointment. White 498 ointments,
Various 881 Omelet, Green Corn 629 ..."
6. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1855)
"Of an ointment composed of two parts of sublimed sulphur, one of carbonate of
... This ointment is much weaker in sulphur than that of the US Pharmacopoeia. ..."
7. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"3XV« Add the subacetate to the ointment previously melted with a ... Bailey's Itch
ointment is composed of olive oil, lard, nitre, alum, sulphate of zinc, ..."
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