fomentation

IPA: fˈoʊmɛntˈeɪʃʌn

The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain by relaxing the skin, or of discussing (dispersing) tumours.
A lotion or poultice applied to a diseased or injured part of the body.
Encouragement; excitation; instigation.

Examples of "fomentation" in Sentences

Another kind of fomentation is composed of dried poppyheads, 4 oz.
Turpentine may also be rubbed over the chest with fomentation for the same object.
He called it "willful fomentation" and "gratuitous" to republish them throughout Europe.
Perhaps it's well past time to hit the real source of this fomentation - the Iranian Mullahs.
Hot fomentation should be applied to open up the skin pores and squeeze out the waste matter.
Three years later, it is the imam who the majority of Americans believe is engaging in "willful fomentation."
Applying hot packs to the spine, hot or cold foot bath and hot fomentation to the spine before going to bed are all proven methods.
If we condemn Ahmadinejad and other patrons of terrorism, we must, with equal force, commend those Muslim intellectuals and religious leaders who have the courage to speak out publicly against the continued fomentation of Holocaust denial and other manifestations of Judaeophobia in their midst.