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liniment

li·ni·ment

UK/ˈlɪnəmənt/ uncommon

noun

1.

a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain

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Origin

From Middle English lynyment (“something used for smearing or anointing”), a learned borrowing from Late Latin linīmentum.

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