Vulnerary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Used in the healing or treating of wounds.
  • n. A remedy used in healing or treating wounds.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Useful or used for healing wounds; healing, curative.
  • adj. (rare) Causing wounds, wounding.
  • n. A healing drug or other agent used in healing and treating wounds.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Useful in healing wounds; adapted to the cure of external injuries.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Causing wounds.
  • Useful in healing wounds; adapted to the cure of external injuries: as, vulnerary plants or potions.
  • n. pl. vulneraries (-riz.). A remedy applied to wounds to favor their healing.
  • Word Usage
    "And then the feelings of the younger Countess, when compelled to hold the kerchief to the wound, while her aunt sought in their baggage for some vulnerary remedy, were mingled at once with a sense of delicacy and embarrassment, a thrill of pity for the patient, and of gratitude for his services, which exaggerated, in her eyes, his good mien and handsome features."
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