pustulant

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adjective

Producing, or covered in, pustules.

“Croton oil is a pustulant.”

OriginLatin pustulans →
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Meanings

adjectivepustulant (comparative more pustulant, superlative most pustulant)

comparative more pustulant · superlative most pustulant

  1. medicineProducing, or covered in, pustules.
nounpustulant (plural pustulants)

plural pustulants

  1. medicineAny medicine that produces pustules.

    Croton oil is a pustulant.

Origin

  1. Latinpustulans
  2. Englishpustulant

From Latin pustulans, present participle. See pustulate (verb).

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APA

pustulant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pustulant

MLA

“pustulant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pustulant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pustulant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pustulant.

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