vesicant

See also: vésicant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin vēsīcāns, present participle of vēsīcō.

Adjective

vesicant (comparative more vesicant, superlative most vesicant)

1. Causing blistering to the skin.

Translations

causing blisters

• Finnish: rakkuloita aiheuttava

Noun

vesicant (plural vesicants)

1. Any material that causes blisters upon contact with the skin.
   • 1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 190:

     Rubber-clothed figures entered from an inner room like divers in air. Some of the vesicant-proof suits did not fit and the wearers moved uncomfortably and clumsily.

Translations

material that causes blisters

• Finnish: rakkuloita aiheuttava aine, vesikantti
• Russian: везикант (vezikant)
• Serbo-Croatian: plikavac (sh) m

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