pustulant

[ puhs-chuh-luhnt ]

adjective

1. causing the formation of pustules.

noun

1. a medicine or agent causing pustulation.

pustulant

/ ˈpʌstjʊlənt /

adjective

1. causing the formation of pustules

noun

1. an agent causing such formation

Word History and Origins

Origin of pustulant¹

1870–75; < Late Latin pūstulant- (stem of pūstulāns ), present participle of pūstulāre to blister. See pustule, -ant