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Vesicant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A blistering agent, especially mustard gas, used in chemical warfare.

adj. Causing blisters.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Causing blistering to the skin.

n. Any material that causes blisters upon contact with the skin.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A vesicatory.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Producing a bleb or blister; blistering; epispastic; vesicatory.

n. A vesicating agent; an epispastic or vesicatory, as cantharides; a blister.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

adj. causing blisters

Word Usage

"Injected intravenously into rabbits and mice, the mustards made the normal white cells of the blood and bone marrow almost disappear, without producing all the nasty vesicant actions, dissociating the two pharmacological effects."

Equivalent

noxious

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

vesicatory

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