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discutient en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin discutiens, the present participle of discutere. See discuss.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive.
    • a discutient application/remedy
    • The Lips of the Abſceſs digeſted vvell, but from vvithin it onely gleeted, and thruſt out Fat, vvhich vve daily cut off vvithout the loſs of a drop of blood, and dreſſed up the Abſceſs vvith mundif. ex apio, continuing the uſe of diſcutient Fomentations and Cataplaſms. 1676, Richard Wiseman, “The First Book. A Treatise of Tumours. Chapter XVIII. Of an Oedema.”, in Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC, page 89:

Forms

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more discutient Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most discutient Degree=Sup lexicographic

discutient en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin discutiens, the present participle of discutere. See discuss.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) An agent, such as a medicinal application, that serves to disperse morbid matter.
    • The next day I fomented vvith Diſcutients, to vvhich vvas added ſpir. vini. 1676, Richard Wiseman, “The First Book. A Treatise of Tumours. Chapter XV. Of an Ecchymosis.”, in Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC, page 69:

Forms

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discutients Number=Plur lexicographic