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vesicatory

[ ves-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, vuh-sik-uh- ]

adjective

plural vesicatories.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vesicatory1

From the New Latin word ±¹Å§²õÄ«³¦Äå³ÙÅ°ù¾±³Ü²õ, dating back to 1595–1605. See vesicate, -tory 1
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A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.

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On the right mastoid process the skin was not quite healthy, a vesicatory having been applied three weeks previously.

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I felt like one resuscitated from drowning; my entire body burned as if I were covered from crown to sole with a vesicatory.

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Our scientists had created in the laboratories a type of formic acid somewhat similar to the vesicatory secretion occurring within our own bodies—but infinitely more deadly!

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But, alas! like that of many queens, the felicity did not last long; before morning, I heard her saying to her sister, in a doleful tone, 'Soffy, will you have my vesicatory?'

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