vesicatory

[ ves-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, vuh-sik-uh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, plural ves·i·ca·to·ries.

From the New Latin word vēsīcātōrius, dating back to 1595–1605. See vesicate, -tory ¹

Should this point at last be satisfactorily ascertained, it will probably carry with it the whole tribe of vesicatory beetles.

On the right mastoid process the skin was not quite healthy, a vesicatory having been applied three weeks previously.

I felt like one resuscitated from drowning; my entire body burned as if I were covered from crown to sole with a vesicatory.

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