Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Healing; cicatrizing.
- noun A medicament or an application which tends to dry, cicatrize, and heal wounds or ulcers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Promoting the
skinning over orhealing ofsores . - noun Any
agent that promotes theskinning over orhealing ofsores .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek.
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Examples
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These ulcers gradually become epulotic and form irregular, generally slightly protruding white scars in which new tubercles may appear.
Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated Max Birnbaum 1876
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