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单词 vesicate
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Definition of vesicate in English:

vesicate

verb ˈviːsɪkeɪtˈvɛsɪkeɪtˈvɛsəˌkeɪt
Medicine
  • Blister or cause to blister.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The plant reddens and vesicates healthy skin and has been used as a counter-irritant.
    • Both the root in substance, and the juice, have a disagreeable smell, and a nauseous, bitter biting taste: applied for some time to the skin, they inflame or even vesicate the part.
    • The patient should remain perfectly quiet during the time it is on, lest any motion should bring the blister against the scrotum, and vesicate it.

Derivatives

  • vesication

  • noun vɛsɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nviːsɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌvɛsəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
    Medicine
    • The application is to be renewed night and morning, until vesication is produced.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The juice, when applied to the skin, produces inflammations, and even vesications.
      • With the uniquely designed detector and six vesication-removing methods, the system can adjust the number of vesications to be removed according to the actual conditions of each patient.
      • Crushed root-bark is applied to boils to produce vesication.
      • Rapid vesication and angry-looking skin are characteristics.
  • vesicatory

  • adjective & noun viːsɪˈkeɪt(ə)rivɛsɪˈkeɪt(ə)ri
    Medicine
    • A few species with acrid juice were formerly used as vesicatories.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Further structural details were not elucidated because ‘the vesicatory characteristics of the oil… precluded further study’.
      • All the species probably, and certainly several of them, have striking vesicatory properties, so that when rubbed upon the skin they produce inflammation.
      • Should her condition continue, by the end of the week, her appearance would be so bad, it would be impossible to dream of doing this; especially if Dr. Corniere prescribes vesicatories.
      • He ordered a pair of additional vesicatories to be laid upon his arms, and other proper medicines to be administered.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin vesicat- 'having pustules', from vesica 'bladder'.

Definition of vesicate in US English:

vesicate

verbˈvesəˌkātˈvɛsəˌkeɪt
[with object]Medicine
  • 1Raise blisters on.

    〔主医〕使起疱,使发疱

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The patient should remain perfectly quiet during the time it is on, lest any motion should bring the blister against the scrotum, and vesicate it.
    • The plant reddens and vesicates healthy skin and has been used as a counter-irritant.
    • Both the root in substance, and the juice, have a disagreeable smell, and a nauseous, bitter biting taste: applied for some time to the skin, they inflame or even vesicate the part.
    1. 1.1no object Form blisters.
      〔主医〕使起疱,使发疱

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin vesicat- ‘having pustules’, from vesica ‘bladder’.

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