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noun a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
verb dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
originFrom Middle English pultes, from Latin pultes, plural of puls. The phonological development from Middle English is regular; compare poultry.
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