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discutient, a. and n. Med.|dɪˈskjuːʃɪənt|
Also 7 discussient.
[ad. L. discutient-em, pr. pple. of discutĕre: see discute.]
A. adj. Having the quality of ‘discussing’ or dissipating morbid matter; resolvent.
1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 311 A discutient Cataplasme. 1740Aylett in Phil. Trans. XLIII. 10 An hot, discutient, and restringent Fomentation. 1876Bartholow Mat. Med. (1879) 411 Preparations of conium were much used for a supposed discutient or resolvent action..in certain kinds of tumors.
B. n. A discutient medicine or preparation.
1655Culpepper Riverius i. xv. 54 When the matter is somwhat thin..use not strong discussients and dissolvers. 1718Quincy Compl. Disp. 109 It enters..into many Fomentations, as a good Discutient. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 30 Employed externally as a discutient. |