Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Catapasm

Catapasm , noun

[Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} to besprinkle; kata` down, wholly + {not transcribed} to strew, or sprinkle.]

(Medicine) A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc. — Dunglison