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discutients

discutients is the plural of discutient.

Meaning of discutient

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...

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Questions about discutients

What is discutients the plural of?
Discutients is the plural of discutient.

Words near discutients in the dictionary

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

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