epulotic

English edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek [Term?].

Adjective edit

epulotic (comparative more epulotic, superlative most epulotic)

Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores.
an epulotic ointment

Noun edit

epulotic (plural epulotics)

Any agent that promotes the skinning over or healing of sores.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “epulotic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams edit

poultice