discutient

[ dĭ-skyōō′shənt ]

Causing dispersal or disappearance of a pathological accumulation.

A discutient agent or drug.

Words nearby discutient

Detergent, lubricating, and discutient; in itch and other skin diseases, &c.

Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I |Arnold Cooley
Discutient; probably one of the most powerful known in syphilitic cases complicated with scrofula.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley
Used as a discutient or resolvent; more particularly as an application to scrofulous tumours and indurations.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley
It is said to be discutient, but is now never employed in medicine.

Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I |Arnold Cooley

One of our most useful anodyne and discutient applications, in painful scirrhous, scrofulous, and syphilitic tumours.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley