unguent

noun

1. an ointment or salve, usually liquid or semiliquid, for application to wounds, sores, etc.

noun

1. a less common name for an ointment

n.“ointment,” mid-15c., from Latin unguentem “ointment,” from stem of unguere “to anoint or smear with ointment,” from PIE root *ongw- “to salve, anoint” (cf. Sanskrit anakti “anoints, smears,” Armenian aucanem “I anoint,” Old Prussian anctan “butter,” Old High German ancho, German anke “butter,” Old Irish imb, Welsh ymenyn “butter”). n.

1. A soothing or medicinal salve.