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REVULSIVE

\ɹɪvˈʌlsɪv], \ɹɪvˈʌlsɪv], \ɹ_ɪ_v_ˈʌ_l_s_ɪ_v]\

Definitions of REVULSIVE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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That which causes revulsion; specifically (Med.), a revulsive remedy or agent.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

That which causes revulsion; specifically (Med.), a revulsive remedy or agent.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Agent producing revulsion.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Derivative-r. Bleeding, see Bloodletting.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Effecting a revulsion.
A derivative agent.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Producing revulsion, i. e., diminishing an abnormal condition in one part of the body by operating or acting on another (not in general use at present). [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. That which has the power of diverting disease from one part of the body to another.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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