Salve synonyms
săv, säv
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To cover or treat with a lotion.
A highly viscous or semisolid substance used on the skin as a cosmetic, emollient, or medicament; a salve.
cerate
A thick ointment consisting of a fat, as oil or lard, mixed with wax, resin, and other, often medicinal, ingredients
A salve for soothing or healing; an ointment.
Any of various aromatic resins exuded from several trees and shrubs, especially the balm of Gilead (Commiphora) and related plants in the family Burseraceae.
Medicine is defined as the science of diagnosing and preventing disease and of maintaining health.
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Emollient is defined as a substance that softens or soothes the skin.
Anything that soothes or comforts
counterirritant
(Pharmacology) Any substance used to cause inflammation in one part of the body with the goal of lessening inflammation elsewhere.
Something that corrects, counteracts, or removes an evil or wrong; relief; redress
(--- Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.
The definition of a cure is a remedy or something that will bring back health.
Cream is defined as the oily, yellowish part of milk, or something made from this substance.
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A sticky wet viscous substance.
inunction
The process of applying and rubbing in an ointment.
To reduce or decrease
The definition of anoint means to smear or rub with oil.
To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst, for example).
To lessen or alleviate (pain, anxiety, etc.)
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To cause (a wound, sore, etc.) to become closed or scarred so as to restore a healthy condition
To lessen or alleviate something, such as pain or a symptom.
To ease or relieve (pain, for example).
Salvage is defined as to save from something.
polonorum (related)
intemerata (related)
Find another word for salve. In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for salve, like: lotion, ointment, cerate, unguent, lubricant, balm, medicine, emollient, unction, counterirritant and remedy.
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