Meanings
plural emplastra
- archaicmedicineA plaster.
He did, however, use an emplastron on a Negro boy, set a broken jaw for a Negro mand and made an examination per vaginum on a Negro woman.
1946, Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia, volume 35, page 1991 more example
In his observations, however, upon the different forms of emplastra (and many of which were named Melina), Galen gives a sufficient explanation of the origin of this term as it was applied to plasters; […]
1851, Monthly Journal of Medical Science, volume 12, page 49
Origin
- Ancient Greekἔμπλαστρον“daub, salve”
- Englishemplastron
From Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “daub, salve”).
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