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VESICATORY
vesicatory, vesicant
(adjective) causing blisters
vesicant, vesicatory
(noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
vesicatory (comparative more vesicatory, superlative most vesicatory)
(medicine) Causing blistering.
Synonyms
• vesicant
• blistering
Noun
vesicatory (plural vesicatories)
(medicine) An agent that causes blistering.
Synonyms
• vesicant
Source: Wiktionary
Ves"i*ca*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. vésicatoire.] (Med.)
Definition: Tending, or having power, to raise a blister.
– n.
Definition: A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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