vesicant

American  

[ves-i-kuhnt] / ˈvɛs ɪ kənt /

adjective

1. producing a blister or blisters, as a medicinal substance; vesicating.

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noun

1. a vesicant agent or substance.

2. (in chemical warfare) a chemical agent that causes burns and destruction of tissue both internally and externally.

vesicant British  

/ ˈvɛsɪkənt /

noun

1. any substance that causes blisters, used in medicine and in chemical warfare

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adjective

1. acting as a vesicant

Etymology

Origin of vesicant

1655–65; < New Latin vēsīcant- (stem of vēsīcāns ), present participle of vēsīcāre to vesicate; see -ant

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Compare meaning

How does vesicant compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• vesicant vs. irritant

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Example Sentences

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vesicant

Mustard was far & away the most important vesicant in the European arena.

From Time Magazine Archive

A vesicant was applied; the mare was put to pasture and within sixty days from the date of the injury she was being driven on short trips.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

Neusser now produced a non-specific inflammatory bulla in the skin by a vesicant, and found that the cellular elements in it were exclusively the polynuclear neutrophil concerned in all ordinary inflammations.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers

If little inflammation exists, the application of a vesicant two or three weeks after the injury has been inflicted will be helpful and serve to hasten repair.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

After-care consists in restriction of exercise and, if necessary, confining the subject in a sling and the application of a vesicant over the scapulohumeral region.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

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