See Also: ACTe(medicine)
cataplasm(medicine)
Cataplasm(health)
cataplasm(dictionary)
acte gratuit(dictionary)
entr'acte(dictionary)

acte gratuit (iou) and cataplasm (medicine)


acte gratuit (iou)



acte gratuit noun phr. [akt gratwi:] Pl. -s -s (pronounced same). M20.
[French (A. Gide).]
A gratuitous or inconsequent action performed on impulse.

cataplasm (medicine)


cataplasm


Synonym: poultice.

Origin: G. Kataplasma, poultice, fr. Kataplasso, to spread over