as in plaster
a medicated covering used to heal an injury the doctor ordered the placement of a cataplasm on the wound until it closed up

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plaster
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  • Repairing the home would require removing all the walls on the first floor, replacing and reinforcing the second-floor supports, and removing all the plaster and sheetrock to re-do all of the wiring.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2025
  • Before getting coffee, Lin toured the Range of Motion Project (ROMP) building, a converted split-level with balance bars in the living room and plaster dust floating out of a backyard workshop.
    Peter Frick-Wright, Outside Online, 20 May 2025
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“Cataplasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataplasm. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.

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