noun. A hard, unctuous, fat- or wax-based solid, sometimes medicated, formerly applied to the skin directly or on dressings.

In ornithology, cered; having a cere.

noun. A thick ointment composed of wax, lard, or oil, with other ingredients, applied externally for various medical purposes.

noun. Chlorid of silver; horn-silver. See cerargyrite. Also kerate.

noun. An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.

noun. An unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.

noun. a hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin

"-- Simple cerate, which is spread on lint as a soothing plaister for sores, consists of equal parts of oil and wax; but lard may be used as a substitute for the wax."

blistering cerate  goulard's cerate  hufeland's cerate  simple cerate  spermaceti cerate  

balm  ointment  salve  unction  unguent  

camphor ice