stupe
9.9
A cloth soaked in warm medicine and put on the body to reduce pain and swelling
- noun
- Archaic
:
compresa caliente
- The doctor recommended using a hot stupe for my back pain.
Examples
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Doctors sometimes recommend using a stupe to help reduce inflammation in affected areas.
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After the injury, a medic soaked a stupe in herbal solution and applied it to the swelling.
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The nurse placed a warm stupe on the patient's sore arm to ease the pain.
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I applied a stupe to my forehead to reduce the fever.
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The nurse placed a warm stupe on the patient's sore arm to ease the pain.
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After the injury, a medic soaked a stupe in herbal solution and applied it to the swelling.
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I applied a stupe to my forehead to reduce the fever.
How Soothing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stupe for a hot, soaked cloth comes from an old word stuppa meaning 'soft fibre' that was soaked and used as a dressing. So a stupe is a wet pad put on the body to help reduce pain or swelling.