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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Causing the formation of pustules.
  • noun A pustulant agent.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Causing the formation of pustules.
  • noun An irritant application causing pustulation.

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

  • adjective (Med.) Producing pustules.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective medicine Producing pustules.
  • noun medicine Any medicine that produces pustules.

Etymologies

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Latin pustulans, present participle See pustulate (verb).

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