noun
definition
A topical medical preparation intended to be rubbed into the skin with friction, as for example to relieve symptoms of arthritis.
verb
definition
To apply liniment to.
Examples of liniment in a Sentence
From the root of Aconitum Napellus are prepared a liniment and a tincture.
Some people find an embrocation or liniment applied to the skin helps, but this should not be used on sensitive or broken skin.
For muscle pains, bruises and sprains; apply this liniment to the affected area and massage in gently.
A waiter brought us a very potent cocktail of something, that smelled of horse liniment and Brian naturally drank both glasses.
The best method of application is by rubbing in a small quantity of the aconitine ointment until numbness is felt, but the costliness of this preparation causes the use of the aconite liniment to be commonly resorted to.
The British Pharmacopoeia contains a watery solution - the Aqua Chloroformi - which is useful in disguising the taste of nauseous drugs; a liniment which consists of equal parts of camphor liniment and chloroform, and is a useful counter-irritant; the Spiritus Chloroformi (erroneously known as "chloric ether"), which is a useful anodyne in doses of from five to forty drops; and the Tinctura Chloroformi et Morphinae Composita, which is the equivalent of a proprietary drug called chlorodyne.
The external uses of the drug are mainly analgesic. The liniment or plaster of belladonna will relieve many forms of local pain.