The Collaborative International Dictionary
discussive
discussive \dis*cuss"ive\, a. [Cf. F. discussif.]
(Med.) Able or tending to discuss or disperse tumors or coagulated matter; discutient.
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Doubt-dispelling; decisive. [R.]
A kind of peremptory and discussive voice.
--Hopkins.
Wiktionary
discussive
a. 1 (context medicine dated English) Able or tending to discuss, or disperse, tumors or coagulated matter. 2 (context dated English) Doubt-dispelling; decisive. n. (context medicine dated English) A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humours; a discutient.
Usage examples of "discussive".
Their methods, of analysis and discussive per suasion, worked well enough on the circumscribed minds of arbites.