vesicatory

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: vesicant

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Noun (1)

  1. a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)Synonyms: vesicantType of chemical agentKinds mustard gas, mustard agent

Adjective (1)

  1. causing blistersSynonyms: vesicantOpposite innocuousSimilar noxious

Related words vesicant adjective, vesicant noun, vesicate verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ves′i·ca·to·ry (?; 277), adjective

Origin: Cf. F. vésicatoire.

Medicine Tending, or having power, to raise a blister. — noun A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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