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cantharidal

cantharidal adjective: of, made of, or pertaining to cantharides.

Adjective

cantharidal (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Of, made of, or pertaining to cantharides.
    • cantharidal plaster
    • cantharidal ether

Origin of cantharidal

From cantharide + -al.

Questions about cantharidal

What does cantharidal mean?
Cantharidal means of, made of, or pertaining to cantharides.
What part of speech is cantharidal?
Cantharidal is an adjective.

Words near cantharidal in the dictionary

  1. canthals
  2. cantharellaceous
  3. cantharelloid
  4. canthari
  5. cantharid
  6. cantharidal
  7. cantharidate
  8. cantharidated
  9. cantharidates
  10. cantharidating
  11. cantharide

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