Definitions for vesicantˈvɛs ɪ kənt
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ves•i•cantˈvɛs ɪ kənt(adj.)
producing a blister or blisters, as a medicinal substance.
Category: Pharmacology
(n.)a chemical agent that causes burns and destruction of tissue.
Category: Military
Origin of vesicant:
1655–65; < NL vēsīcant-, s. of vēsīcāns, prp. of vēsīcāre to raise blisters, der. of L vēsīca bladder, blister
Princeton's WordNet
vesicant, vesicatory(adj)
a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)
vesicatory, vesicant(adj)
causing blisters
Wiktionary
vesicant(Noun)
Any material that causes blisters upon contact with the skin.
vesicant(Adjective)
Causing blistering to the skin.
Webster Dictionary
Vesicant(noun)
a vesicatory
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