Usually means: Soothing ointments for healing skin.
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  1. balms: Merriam-Webster
  2. balms: Collins English Dictionary
  3. balms: Vocabulary.com
  4. Balms, balms: Wordnik
  5. balms: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. balms: Wiktionary
  7. balms: Dictionary.com
  8. balms: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. balms: Legal dictionary

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  1. balms: Encyclopedia

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  1. balms: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. balms: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (balm)

noun:  Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
noun:  An aromatic preparation for embalming the dead.
noun:  A plant or tree yielding such substance.
noun:  Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
noun:  (figuratively) Something soothing.
noun:  The lemon balm, Melissa officinalis
noun:  Any of a number of other aromatic herbs with a similar citrus-like scent, such as bee balm and horsebalm.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To soothe; to mitigate.
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