Salve

n. balm, healing ointment; remedy, curative, anything that soothes or heals

v. soothe, calm, relieve; remedy, cure, heal; salvage, save from destruction, rescue

For the Italian city, see Salve, Italy.For the Roman greeting, see Salve (greeting).Salve is a medical ointment used to soothe the head or other body surface. A popular eye medicine known as "Phrygian powder" was one of Laodicea's sources of wealth. The medical school at Laodicea was famous for the preparation and use of this eye salve.A Drawing salve is a salve used to treat boils, ingrown toenails, splinters, etc. It is also known as Black Ointment, or Icthyol Salve. The main ingredients are often ichthammol, phenyl alcohol, or arnica montana, and several familiar herbs such as echinacea or calendula.
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Noun
1. semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
(synonym) ointment, unction, unguent, balm
(hypernym) remedy, curative, cure
(hyponym) arnica
(substance-meronym) lanolin, wool fat, wool grease
(classification) medicine, medical specialty
2. anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his conscience"
(hypernym) redress, remedy, remediation
Verb
1. save from ruin, destruction, or harm
(synonym) salvage, relieve, save
(hypernym) rescue, deliver
(derivation) salvation
2. apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
(hypernym) medicate, medicine
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine

n. salvo, volley, salvo fire, fusillade, volley of gunfire, ongoing gunfire, simultaneous discharge of several of firearms, firing of many weapons at once; shower (of words, weapons)

n. salvo, salute