adj
Meaning 1
Causing blistering to the skin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vesicant
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noun
Meaning 2
Any material that causes blisters upon contact with the skin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
causing blisters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vesicatory
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vesicatory
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical agent
Narrower terms: mustard gas, mustard agent, blistering agent, dichloroethyl sulfide, sulfur mustard
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin vēsīcāns, present participle of vēsīcō. By surface analysis, vesic- + -ant.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: rakkuloita aiheuttava — causing blisters
- Finnish: rakkuloita aiheuttava aine — material that causes blisters
- Finnish: vesikantti — material that causes blisters
- Russian: везикант (vezikant) — material that causes blisters
- Serbo-Croatian: plikavac — material that causes blisters