† glutinativeadj.n.
Medicine. Obsolete.
A. adj.
Having the property of joining together or closing up (wounds, etc.); constrictive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations to heal or generate tissue > [adjective] > healing wounds or fractures
consolidativec1400
consoudingc1400
conglutinative?1541
glutinative1578
sigillative1617
glutinatory1657
glutinant1684
consolidating1707
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ciii. 146 The same [rootes of Comferie] are so glutinatiue that if [etc.].
1585 J. Banister Wecker's Compend. Chyrurg. 336 Such a one is to be ioyned..by stitching and glutinatiue medicines.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Kkk2v It [sc. Isinglass] is rightly mixed with glutinative salves.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Glutinative, proper to glue, that has a gluing Quality.
1721–1800 in Bailey ; hence in Todd and mod. Dicts.
B. n. plural.
Medical preparations which serve to close up (wounds, etc.) or bind together.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations to heal or generate tissue > [noun] > for healing wounds or fractures
consolidativec1400
consouderc1400
glutinative1656
consolidant1661
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 6 Cap. v of glutinatiuis & consolidatiuis, þat buþ closeres & consouderes, & þe difference of hem.]
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 67 If the bone be broken withal, common glutinatives restrain the venome.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xviii. 600 The place must be cicatrized by astringents and glutinatives.
Derivatives
ΚΠ
1727–36 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
adj.n.1578