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A chemical agent that causes blistering
Answer for the clue "A chemical agent that causes blistering ", 10 letters:
vesicatory
Word definitions for vesicatory in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vesicatory \Ves"i*ca*to*ry\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. v['e]sicatoire.] (Med.) Tending, or having power, to raise a blister. -- n. A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context medicine English) Causing blistering. n. (context medicine English) An agent that causes blistering.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. causing blisters [syn: vesicant ] n. a chemical agent that causes blistering [syn: vesicant ]
Usage examples of vesicatory.
Fathom still remained insensible, and the doctor pronounced a very unfavourable prognostic, while he ordered a pair of additional vesicatories to be laid upon his arms, and other proper medicines to be administered.