(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.

plural of ointment

(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.

Mercurial ointment.

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

plural of fly in the ointment

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

plural of blue ointment

plural of citrine ointment

Resembling or characteristic of ointment.