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discutient

discutient adjective: serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive.

Adjective

discutient (comparative more discutient, superlative most discutient)

  1. (archaic) Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive.
    • a discutient application/remedy
    • The Lips of the Abſceſs digeſted vvell, but from vvithin it onely gleeted, and thruſt out Fat, vvhich vve daily cut off vvithout the loſs of a drop of blood, and dreſſed up the Abſceſs vvith mundif. ex apio, continuing the uſe of diſcutient Fomentations and Cataplaſms.1676, Richard Wiseman, “The First Book. A Treatise of Tumours. Chapter XVIII. Of an Oedema.”, in Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and...

Noun

discutient (plural discutients)

  1. (archaic) An agent, such as a medicinal application, that serves to disperse morbid matter.
    • The next day I fomented vvith Diſcutients, to vvhich vvas added ſpir. vini.1676, Richard Wiseman, “The First Book. A Treatise of Tumours. Chapter XV. Of an Ecchymosis.”, in Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and...

discutient meaning in Tamil

discutient in Tamil

சிதறல், மறைதல்

Forms of discutient

Adjective
comparativemore discutient
superlativemost discutient
Noun
pluraldiscutients

Origin of discutient

From Latin discutiens, the present participle of discutere. See discuss.

Questions about discutient

What does discutient mean?
Discutient means serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive.
What is discutient in Tamil?
Discutient in Tamil is சிதறல், மறைதல். See Discutient meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is discutient?
Discutient can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near discutient in the dictionary

  1. discussions
  2. discussive
  3. discussives
  4. discusting
  5. discustom
  6. discutient
  7. discutients
  8. Discworlder
  9. Discworlders
  10. Discworldian
  11. disczine

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