vesicant

Borrowed from Late Latin vēsīcāns, present participle of vēsīcō. By surface analysis, vesic- +‎ -ant.

vesicant (not comparable)

1. Causing blistering to the skin.

vesicant (plural vesicants)

1. Any material that causes blisters upon contact with the skin.
   • 1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 190:

     Rubber-clothed figures entered from an inner room like divers in air. Some of the vesicant-proof suits did not fit and the wearers moved uncomfortably and clumsily.

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