vesicatory
[ ves-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, vuh-sik-uh- ]
/ ˈvɛs ɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, vəˈsɪk ə- /
adjective, noun, plural ves·i·ca·to·ries.
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Words nearby vesicatory
vesicant, vesica piscis, vesica prostatica, vesicate, vesication, vesicatory, vesicle, vesico-, vesicocele, vesicoclysis, vesicofixation
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Example sentences from the Web for vesicatory
I felt like one resuscitated from drowning; my entire body burned as if I were covered from crown to sole with a vesicatory.
Told by the Death's Head|Mr JkaiOn the right mastoid process the skin was not quite healthy, a vesicatory having been applied three weeks previously.
Should this point at last be satisfactorily ascertained, it will probably carry with it the whole tribe of vesicatory beetles.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)|William Kirby