plural of ointment

(medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient. / A substance used to anoint, as in religious rituals.

(idiomatic) Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail.

(medicine, archaic) A yellowish mercurial ointment, the unguentum hydrargyri nitratis.

plural of blue ointment

salicylic acid and benzoic acid in a suitable base, such as lanolin or vaseline, used for the treatment of fungal infections

plural of fly in the ointment

Mercurial ointment.

plural of citrine ointment

Resembling or characteristic of ointment.