discutient

English

Etymology

Latin discutiens, present participle of discutere. See discuss.

Adjective

discutient (comparative more discutient, superlative most discutient)

  1. (medicine) Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive.
    a discutient application

Noun

discutient (plural discutients)

  1. An agent, such as a medicinal application, that serves to disperse morbid matter.
    • Wiseman
      Foment with discutients.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for discutient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

discutient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of discutiō
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