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单词 pustulant
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pustulantn.adj.

Brit. /ˈpʌstjᵿl(ə)nt/, /ˈpʌstʃᵿl(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈpəstʃəl(ə)nt/, /ˈpəstjəl(ə)nt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pustulant-, pustulans.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin pustulant-, pustulans, present participle of pustulare pustulate v. Compare earlier pustulent adj.
A. n.
Medicine. A substance that causes the formation of pustules. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for raising blisters > [noun]
blister?1541
vesicatory1604
vesicant1661
epispastic1682
epipastic1710
pustulant1861
1861 L. M. Lawson Pract. Treat. Phthisis Pulmonalis iv. 504 Dry cups, sinapisms, blisters, and, finally, pustulants, may be brought into requisition.
1871 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (new ed.) 417 The pustulants induce deeper action, and are sometimes of greater value than vesicants.
1901 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. (rev. ed.) III. 305/1 On account of the severe effect which they produce, pustulants should not be extensively applied.
B. adj.
Originally: causing the formation of pustules (now rare). Later: affected with pustules; pustular. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] > abscess > boil > pustule
pustulate?a1425
pustuled?a1425
whey-wormeda1529
pustulous1543
pustulent1607
pustulated1666
pustular1716
whelky1822
psydracious1829
phlyzacious1830
papulopustular1843
pustuliform1846
pustulant1895
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Pustule Pustulant, causing pustules.
1911 J. Law Textbk. Vet. Med. (ed. 3) III. 472 Irritant agents of all kinds, even if caustic or pustulant in concentrated forms, may be so diluted as to cause simple erythema.
1974 R. Adams Shardik xlix. 397 Above the ankles..the cracked weals left by the removed shackles were pustulant with sores.
1993 Guardian 18 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 59/2 A weight gain of 12 stone, an outbreak of pustulant skin and an early, lonely, unloved death.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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