"vesicant" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more vesicant [comparative], most vesicant [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin vēsīcāns, present participle of vēsīcō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|vēsīcāns}} Late Latin vēsīcāns, {{m|la|vēsīcō}} vēsīcō Head templates: {{en-adj}} vesicant (comparative more vesicant, superlative most vesicant)
  1. Causing blistering to the skin. Translations (causing blisters): rakkuloita aiheuttava (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-vesicant-en-adj-iEDLuQaP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 63 37

Noun

Forms: vesicants [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin vēsīcāns, present participle of vēsīcō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|vēsīcāns}} Late Latin vēsīcāns, {{m|la|vēsīcō}} vēsīcō Head templates: {{en-noun}} vesicant (plural vesicants)
  1. Any material that causes blisters upon contact with the skin. Translations (material that causes blisters): rakkuloita aiheuttava aine (Finnish), vesikantti (Finnish), везикант (vezikant) (Russian), plikavac [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-vesicant-en-noun-mq9VI5fL

Inflected forms

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