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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In medicine, a medicine or an application to an inflamed part to promote suppuration; a maturative.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) A medicine, or application, which promotes suppuration.

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  • noun medicine A medicine or application which promotes suppuration.

Etymologies

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Latin maturans, present participle. See maturate.

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