1. The application of warm or hot substances (such as poultices, compresses, or liquids) to the body to relieve pain or inflammation.
Usage: Medical or therapeutic context; Often used in traditional or alternative medicine
2. The act of instigating, encouraging, or stirring up (trouble, rebellion, discord, etc.).
Usage: Formal or literary usage

Examples

• The doctor recommended fomentations of warm herbal tea to ease the patient's muscle soreness.
• Hot fomentations were applied to the injured shoulder for twenty minutes.
• The activist was accused of fomentations of civil unrest through inflammatory speeches.
• Fomentations of discontent among the workers led to a strike.
• Traditional medicine often employs fomentations to treat arthritis and joint pain.
• The government cracked down on any fomentations of rebellion in the region.