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epulotic

epulotic adjective: promoting the scarring or healing of sores.

Adjective

epulotic (comparative more epulotic, superlative most epulotic)

  1. (obsolete) Promoting the scarring or healing of sores.
    • epulotic ointment

Noun

epulotic (plural epulotics)

  1. (obsolete) Any epulotic ointment or substance.

Forms of epulotic

Adjective
comparativemore epulotic
superlativemost epulotic
Noun
pluralepulotics

Origin of epulotic

From Ancient Greek ἐπουλωτικός (epoulōtikós), from οὐλή (oulḗ, “scar”).

Questions about epulotic

What does epulotic mean?
Epulotic means promoting the scarring or healing of sores.
What part of speech is epulotic?
Epulotic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near epulotic in the dictionary

  1. epulation
  2. epulations
  3. epulides
  4. epulis
  5. epulises
  6. epulotic
  7. epulotics
  8. epupillate
  9. epural
  10. epurals
  11. epurate

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