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adjective
1.
producing a blister or blisters, as a medicinal substance; vesicating.
noun
2.
a vesicant agent or substance.
3.
(in chemical warfare) a chemical agent that causes burns and destruction of tissue both internally and externally.
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Vesicant
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vesicant ves·i·cant (věs'ĭ-kənt)
n.
A blistering agent, especially mustard gas, used in chemical warfare. adj.
Causing blisters.
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