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exacerbative

exacerbative adjective: that causes exacerbation.

Adjective

exacerbative (not comparable)

  1. That causes exacerbation.
    • These two points being gained, nutrition is resumed for a time, to become gradually more defective until the accumulation of these two acids in the circulation brings on another exacerbative effort to expel them from the circulation.1880, Alexander H. Davis, Improved Theory and Practice of Medicine, page 160

Questions about exacerbative

What does exacerbative mean?
Exacerbative means that causes exacerbation.
What part of speech is exacerbative?
Exacerbative is an adjective.

Words near exacerbative in the dictionary

  1. exacerbates
  2. exacerbating
  3. exacerbatingly
  4. exacerbation
  5. exacerbations
  6. exacerbative
  7. exacerbator
  8. exacerbators
  9. exacerbatory
  10. exacerbescence
  11. exacervation

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