discutient
/dɪˈskjuːʃnt/Medicine. Now rare
adjective
Of a medicine or treatment: that acts to disperse a humour, gas, etc., or to soften, shrink, or dissolve a hard swelling or tumour.
noun
A discutient medicine or preparation.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in John Banister (1532/3–?1610), surgeon. From classical Latin discutient-, discutiēns, present participle of discutere discute.