Meanings
comparative more discutient · superlative most discutient
- archaicmedicineServing to disperse morbid matter; discussive.
a discutient application/remedy
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The Lips of the Abſceſs digeſted vvell, but from vvithin it onely gleeted, and thruſt out Fat, vvhich vve daily cut off vvithout the loſs of a drop of blood, and dreſſed up the Abſceſs vvith mundif. ex apio, continuing the uſe of diſcutient Fomentations and Cataplaſms.
1676, Richard Wiseman, “The First Book. A Treatise of Tumours. Chapter XVIII. Of an Oedema.”, in Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC, page 89
plural discutients
- archaicmedicineAn agent, such as a medicinal application, that serves to disperse morbid matter.
The next day I fomented vvith Diſcutients, to vvhich vvas added ſpir. vini.
1676, Richard Wiseman, “The First Book. A Treatise of Tumours. Chapter XV. Of an Ecchymosis.”, in Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC, page 69
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latindiscutiens
- Englishdiscutient
From Latin discutiens, the present participle of discutere. See discuss.
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