EXPULSIVE
\ɛkspˈʌlsɪv], \ɛkspˈʌlsɪv], \ɛ_k_s_p_ˈʌ_l_s_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of EXPULSIVE
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By James Champlin Fernald
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Agent producing expression of substance.
By William R. Warner
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An expulsive bandage, (F.) Bandage expulsif is one constructed with the view of compressing a part, from which we are desirous of expelling pus, serum, &c. Certain medicines were formerly called expulsives, which were believed to have the power of driving the humours towards the skin ;-as diaphoretics, and sudorilics.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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