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VESICATORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vesicatory mean? 

VESICATORY (noun)
  The noun VESICATORY has 1 sense:

1. a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)play

  Familiarity information: VESICATORY used as a noun is very rare.


VESICATORY (adjective)
  The adjective VESICATORY has 1 sense:

1. causing blistersplay

  Familiarity information: VESICATORY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VESICATORY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

vesicant; vesicatory

Hypernyms ("vesicatory" is a kind of...):

chemical agent (an agent that produces chemical reactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vesicatory"):

blistering agent; dichloroethyl sulfide; mustard agent; mustard gas; sulfur mustard (a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote)

Derivation:

vesicatory (causing blisters)


VESICATORY (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Causing blisters

Synonyms:

vesicant; vesicatory

Similar:

noxious (injurious to physical or mental health)

Derivation:

vesicate (get blistered)

vesicatory (a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas))


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