noun, feminine/ˈbiθma/plural: bizmas
poultice, cataplasm
Inherited from Old Spanish bizma, bidma, semi-learned term from Latin epithema, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθημα (epíthēma). The development of -th-, after being voiced to [d], to -z- before a consonant is regular, compare Latin iūdicāre > Old Spanish judgar, juzgar. According to Coromines and Pascual, cognate with Italian pittima, Leonese bilma.