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salve

2019年04月18日 | 英単語
Reader's Digest 3月号の記事 'I am the Food on Your Plate' から引用します。
Though some combination of low water content, high pH, and the natural presence of hydrogen peroxide within me, I am highly antimicrobial and therefore impervious to spoiling. My antimicrobial nature also makes me an excellent salve for chronic wounds, keeping infection out while holding in the moisture that skin needs to heal.
"salve" 皮膚の傷に効くものですが何でしょう? 辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: An ointment used to promote healing of the skin or as protection.: Quickly I washed the wound clean and applied the salve before once more bandaging his leg.

・Collins Dictionary: Salve is an oily substance that is put on sore skin or a wound to help it heal.: A healer carrying a tray of lint and pots of salve hastened past my long-legged stride.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: a liquid or cream used to treat an injured, sore, or dry place on your body
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