Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

pustulant

[puhs-chuh-luh nt]
adjective
  1. causing the formation of pustules.
Show More
noun
  1. a medicine or agent causing pustulation.
Show More

Origin of pustulant

1870–75; < Late Latin pūstulant- (stem of pūstulāns), present participle of pūstulāre to blister. See pustule, -ant
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
British Dictionary definitions for pustulant

pustulant

adjective
  1. causing the formation of pustules
Show More
noun
  1. an agent causing such formation
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
pustulant in Medicine

pustulant

(pŭs′chə-lənt)
adj.
  1. Causing the formation of pustules.
Show More
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.