unguent
unguent · unguents
Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposesAny cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.
/ˈʌŋɡjuənt/
Meaning
1 sensesAny cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.
More definitions
- semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
Origin
Borrowed from Latin unguentum (“ointment”), from unguō (“to smear with ointment”), from PrBorrowed from Latin unguentum (“ointment”), from unguō (“to smear with ointment”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to salve, anoint”). Cognates include Old Prussian anctan, Old High German ancho (German Anke (“butter”)), Welsh ymenyn (“butter”).
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