embrocation

n.

1. The act or process of moistening and rubbing a part of the body with a liniment or lotion.
2. A liniment or lotion.

(em-broh-KAY-shuhn)

noun
1. A liquid medication rubbed on the skin.
2. The act of applying a lotion to the bruised part of the body.

Etymology
From Middle English, from Medieval Latin embrocare (to rub with lotion), from Greek embroche (lotion)

Usage
"Those which had finished courses had their paws soaking; those yet to go were being rubbed with embrocation, giving the car park the air of an enormous dressing-room." — Michael Moyniha; Give Me A Dog's Life Any Day; The Irish Examiner (Cork, Ireland); Feb 2, 2005

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A liquid rubbed onto the skin to treat sprains and strains.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - salve, liniment

Nederlands (Dutch)
smeerzalf, het insmeren

Français (French)
n. - embrocation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Einreibemittel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιατρ.) (φάρμακο για) εντριβή

Italiano (Italian)
linimento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - embrocação (f) (Med.), fricção (f)

Русский (Russian)
втирание лекарства, мазь, припарка, примочка

Español (Spanish)
n. - ungüento, embrocación, friega, frotación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ingnidning, liniment

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
药液的涂擦, 涂擦剂

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 藥液的塗擦, 塗擦劑

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 물약으로 바르기, 바르는 약

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 塗擦, 外用塗擦剤

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مرهمه, تدليك بمرهم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נוזל למריחה על הגוף להקלה על כאבי שרירים, משחה רפואית‬

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