discutientadj.n.

Brit.

/dɪˈskjuːʃnt/, U.S.

/dɪˈskjuʃənt/

Forms:

α. 1500s– discutient.

β. 1600s discussient.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin discutient-, discutiēns, discutere.

Etymology: < classical Latin discutient-, discutiēns, present participle of discutere discute v. With use as adjective compare slightly earlier discussing adj., discussive adj. With use as noun compare earlier discussive n.In β. forms after classical Latin discuss-, past participial stem of discutere ; compare also discuss v. 9.

Medicine. Now rare.

A. adj.

Of a medicine or treatment: that acts to disperse a humour, gas, etc., or to soften, shrink, or dissolve a hard swelling or tumour. Also: designating this action.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [adjective] > resolving or dispersing

resolvinga1398

incisive1528

discussing1559

discussive1565

discutient1575

resolvent1655

tmetic1661

discussory1678

inciding1678

incident1855

1575 J. Banister Needefull Treat. Chyrurg. sig. Ev Let vs defende the nighe partes with medicines partlye repellent, and partly discutient.

1628 J. Woodall Viaticum 19 A discutient Cathaplasme [1639 Cataplasme].

1744 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 10 An hot, discutient, and restringent Fomentation.

1827 Lancet 3 Feb. 584/2 In the course of a few days after the application of leeches, discutient lotions, and the observance of rest, the general swelling had..subsided.

1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 376 Preparations of conium were much used for a supposed discutient or resolvent action..in certain kinds of tumors.

1891 Lancet 10 Jan. 82/2 The ‘discutient’ effect of this..is a clear enough indication of an effect of the drug.

1913 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 July 137/2 Heister thought such a condition should be treated by clysters prepared with emollient and discutient herbs.

1985 J. A. Duke CRC Handbk. Medicinal Herbs 64 The rootstock [of arnica] is said to be discutient, diuretic, febrifuge, stimulant, and vulnerary.

B. n.

A discutient medicine or preparation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > medicine resolving or dispersing

resolutivea1400

resolver?a1450

digester1578

discussive1583

discutient1585

discusser1617

resolvent1676

incider1722

incisive1726

incident1753

discutant1817

1585 J. Banister Wecker's Compend. Chyrurg. i. 13 These medicines, consisting of repellents, somewhat mixt with discutients, are to be vsed in the encrease and augmentation of the disease.

1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. xv. 54 When the matter is somwhat thin..use not strong discussients and dissolvers [L. resoluentia].

1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 109 It enters..into many Fomentations, as a good Discutient.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 30 Employed externally as a discutient.

1920 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Jan. 45/1 It [sc. fibrolysin or thiosinamine] was introduced as a solvent or discutient of fibrous, and especially cicatricial, tissue in tuberculides and hypertrophic scars as a result of burns.

2008 L. Page Healthy Healing's Detoxification 176/2 Examples of discutients include aloe vera, ginseng,..and sea plants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	discutient
释义	discutientadj.n. Brit. /dɪˈskjuːʃnt/, U.S. /dɪˈskjuʃənt/ Forms: α. 1500s– discutient. β. 1600s discussient. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin discutient-, discutiēns, discutere. Etymology: < classical Latin discutient-, discutiēns, present participle of discutere discute v. With use as adjective compare slightly earlier discussing adj., discussive adj. With use as noun compare earlier discussive n.In β. forms after classical Latin discuss-, past participial stem of discutere ; compare also discuss v. 9. Medicine. Now rare. A. adj. Of a medicine or treatment: that acts to disperse a humour, gas, etc., or to soften, shrink, or dissolve a hard swelling or tumour. Also: designating this action. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [adjective] > resolving or dispersing resolvinga1398 incisive1528 discussing1559 discussive1565 discutient1575 resolvent1655 tmetic1661 discussory1678 inciding1678 incident1855 1575 J. Banister Needefull Treat. Chyrurg. sig. Ev Let vs defende the nighe partes with medicines partlye repellent, and partly discutient. 1628 J. Woodall Viaticum 19 A discutient Cathaplasme [1639 Cataplasme]. 1744 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 10 An hot, discutient, and restringent Fomentation. 1827 Lancet 3 Feb. 584/2 In the course of a few days after the application of leeches, discutient lotions, and the observance of rest, the general swelling had..subsided. 1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 376 Preparations of conium were much used for a supposed discutient or resolvent action..in certain kinds of tumors. 1891 Lancet 10 Jan. 82/2 The ‘discutient’ effect of this..is a clear enough indication of an effect of the drug. 1913 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 July 137/2 Heister thought such a condition should be treated by clysters prepared with emollient and discutient herbs. 1985 J. A. Duke CRC Handbk. Medicinal Herbs 64 The rootstock [of arnica] is said to be discutient, diuretic, febrifuge, stimulant, and vulnerary. B. n. A discutient medicine or preparation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > medicine resolving or dispersing resolutivea1400 resolver?a1450 digester1578 discussive1583 discutient1585 discusser1617 resolvent1676 incider1722 incisive1726 incident1753 discutant1817 1585 J. Banister Wecker's Compend. Chyrurg. i. 13 These medicines, consisting of repellents, somewhat mixt with discutients, are to be vsed in the encrease and augmentation of the disease. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. xv. 54 When the matter is somwhat thin..use not strong discussients and dissolvers [L. resoluentia]. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 109 It enters..into many Fomentations, as a good Discutient. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 30 Employed externally as a discutient. 1920 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Jan. 45/1 It [sc. fibrolysin or thiosinamine] was introduced as a solvent or discutient of fibrous, and especially cicatricial, tissue in tuberculides and hypertrophic scars as a result of burns. 2008 L. Page Healthy Healing's Detoxification 176/2 Examples of discutients include aloe vera, ginseng,..and sea plants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1575
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