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单词 vesicant
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ves•i•cant  (ves′i kənt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Drugsproducing a blister or blisters, as a medicinal substance;
    vesicating.

n. 
  1. Drugsa vesicant agent or substance.
  2. Military(in chemical warfare) a chemical agent that causes burns and destruction of tissue both internally and externally.
  • Neo-Latin vēsīcant- (stem of vēsīcāns), present participle of vēsīcāre to vesicate; see -ant
  • 1655–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
vesicant /ˈvɛsɪkənt/, vesicatory /ˈvɛsɪˌkeɪtərɪ/ n ( pl -cants, -catories)
  1. any substance that causes blisters, used in medicine and in chemical warfare
 adj
  1. acting as a vesicant
Etymology: 19th Century: see vesica
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