topical
The rash is best treated with a steroid, topically or in more severe cases, orally.
Green tea applied topically will help to soothe skin and reduce redness.
Topically, parsley is reputed to be effective in the treatment of bruises.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Medicine in different forms
bactericidal
biopharmaceutical
blister pack
bolus
booster
Caplet
enema
HRT
medication
palliative
pill
potion
prescription
radiation therapy
recommended dose
remedy
RT
scrip
syringe
unction

Examples of topically

topically
In running text, most topically important technical terms are repeated; those noun phrases that are repeated are very likely to be technical terms.
We define a topically coherent segment as a passage of which the consecutive sentences have the same main sentence topic.
Rather, the local anesthetic lidocaine was topically applied to the sclera prior to injection.
It towers both topically and as a general introduction to issues in contemporary political philosophy.
Rather than attempt a running commentary on the debate as it unfolds, a topically-based synopsis and critical analysis will be given.
Although they are topically different, these papers have commonalities that are not immediately obvious.
Effective drugs are now available which can be applied topically to the pet's skin.
In fact, this list should include almost all technical terms in the text that are novel and all that are topically prominent.
Hydration of larvae was also probably achieved via active uptake of water applied topically or through the stalks.
The scalp incision was then sutured and tetracycline ointment was applied topically.
Preparations that are effective against bacteria in vitro, however, are often efficacious when applied topically.
Arranging the material from such an extensive period of theatre history thematically or topically rather than chronologically can be illuminating, but it can also distort.
Covering 330 years of history, the book is arranged topically rather than chronologically.
We expect that such terms will typically be the least relevant or important, since they were not so topically significant as to bear repetition.
The present contribution will be based on our studies of the role of macrophages in topically induced demyelination of rodent white matter tracts.
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