a strip of paper that is impregnated with a medicinal substance, for external application.
2.
Also called chartula, powder paper. a paper folded so as to form a packet for a powdered medicament.
Origin
before 1000;Old English, for earlier sense of “letter, document” < Medieval Latin; < Neo-Latin,Latin: sheet of paper, document < Greekchártēs papyrus leaf, sheet of paper, literally, something to make marks on; see character