ves|i|cant

ves|i|cant
ves|i|cant «VEHS uh kuhnt», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. something that raises blisters, such as a mustard plaster; vesicatory.
2. any chemical agent causing burns, inflammation, and destruction of the internal or external tissue of the body.
–adj.
causing or effective in producing blisters, as a medical application; vesicatory.
╂[< New Latin vesicans, -antis, present participle of vesicare to raise blisters < Latin vēsīca blister]

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