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sinapism Med.|ˈsɪnəpɪz(ə)m| Also 7 -isme. [a. F. sinapisme, or ad. L. sināpismus, Gr. σινάπισµα mustard plaster, σιναπισµός the use of this, f. σίνᾱπι (σίνᾱπυ, etc.) mustard.] A plaster or poultice consisting wholly or partly of mustard flour; a mustard plaster.
1601Holland Pliny xxix. vi. II. 364 The places ought..to be well prepared with the razour, and a sinapisme or rubificative made of mustard-seed. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. i. 33 To reckon up all Causticks..from a Sinapism to a Burning-Iron. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 359 It is a Sinapism..which the Antients used much. 1783Martyn Geogr. Mag. I. 269 The sinapisms and warm cataplasms of European practise. 1834J. Forbes Laennec's Dis. Chest 181 Blisters and sinapisms are of less frequent benefit. 1877F. T. Roberts Hdbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 29 To draw blood away from the seat of congestion by means of sinapisms, heat, or other irritants applied to the skin. fig.1895Contemp. Rev. Aug. 226 So far as the writer is aware this species of military sinapism is not known in foreign armies. |