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fomentation definition

fo·men·ta·tion (fō′men tā′s̸hən, -mən-)

noun

  1. treatment of bodily pain or injury by the application of warm, moist substances, as in a lotion or compress
  2. a lotion, compress, etc. so applied
  3. a stirring up of trouble; incitement

Etymology: ME fomentacioun < LL fomentatio < L fomentum: see foment

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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