epuloticadj.n.
/ɛpjuːˈlɒtɪk/ Medicine.
A. adj.
Having power to cicatrize.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations to heal or generate tissue > [adjective] > healing wounds or fractures > healing wounds > inducing cicatrice
cicatrizing1607
crustive1607
epulotical1615
synulotic1704
epulotic1761
1761 W. Lewis Mat. Med. (ed. 2) 160 at Calaminaris The officinal epulotic cerate.
1787 C. B. Trye in Med. Communications 2 154 The common epulotic dressings.
1832 in N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.
B. n. plural.
Medicines or ointments that induce cicatrization, and heal wounds or sores.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations to heal or generate tissue > [noun] > for healing wounds or fractures > for healing wounds > inducing cicatrice
epulotic1634
cicatrizant1661
cicatrizer1693
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxvi. xvi. 1045 We use Epuloticks when as the ulcer is almost filled up, and equall to the adjacent skinne.
1753 T. Debenham in Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 94 The wound was..by the use of epulotics, completely cicatrized.
1832 in N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.
Derivatives
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations to heal or generate tissue > [adjective] > healing wounds or fractures > healing wounds > inducing cicatrice
cicatrizing1607
crustive1607
epulotical1615
synulotic1704
epulotic1761
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 86 The flesh is softned and dryed by Epulotical medicines as they call them.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. P A slash or skar of a Wound is closed with an Epulotical Powder.
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